Harm
[hɑːm] or [hɑrm]
Definition
(verb.) cause or do harm to; 'These pills won't harm your system'.
Inputed by Giles--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
(n.) That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
(n.) To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Injury, hurt, detriment, damage, prejudice, disadvantage.[2]. Evil, mischief, wrong, criminality, wickedness.
v. a. [1]. Injure, hurt, damage, do harm to.[2]. Maltreat, molest, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat.
Editor: Michel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hurt, mischief, injury, detriment, damage, evil, wrong, misfortune, ill,mishap
ANT:benefit, boon, amelioration, improvement, reparation, compensation, healing,remedy
Editor: Spence
Definition
n. injury: moral wrong.—v.t. to injure.—adj. Harm′ful hurtful.—adv. Harm′fully.—n. Harm′fulness.—adj. Harm′less not injurious innocent: unharmed.—adv. Harm′lessly.—n. Harm′lessness.
Editor: Megan
Examples
- The nag was grazing at some distance, not suspecting any harm. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- This letter I had wisely allowed to reach its destination, feeling at the time that it could do no harm, and might do good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There was no harm in sending him there you know; for I can easily change my mind when he comes back, if anything which I like better occurs. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Why, I don't see no harm in their cryin',' says I; 'it's natur,' says I, 'and if natur can't blow off one way, it will another. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- No great harm was done. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not that there was any particular harm in the man beyond his cocoa trees; but we never suited nor understood each other. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When she was your pride, you would have thought I had done her harm if I had brushed against her in the street. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Finding that it harmed him not, Kerchak began to examine it closely. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We have harmed nothing, but have left many things for you which may add to your comfort and safety here in your lonely home. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Not a hair of her head shall be harmed before Thee. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She has never harmed us, nor would she should we have fallen into her hands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- You needn't be afraid of harming the girl, sir, he said to Mr. Franklin, speaking in a loud voice, so that Rosanna might hear him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am a keeping that young man from harming of you at the present moment, with great difficulty. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I will not harm a feather in his creSt. Who spoke of harming him? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I shall soon be out of the way of harming you, and the rest will soon be far from here, please God! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ask her yourself, and she will tell you that I am incapable of willingly harming her or any woman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Capting was obliged to bring him upstairs in his harms like a babby. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Drop it then, said Mr. Cruncher; I won't have none of _your_ no harms. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- If a man goes a little too far along a new road, it is usually himself that he harms more than any one else. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Lelia