Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
causing or capable of causing harm;
- Example: "too much sun is harmful to the skin"- Example: "harmful effects of smoking"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Harmful \Harm"ful\ (h[aum]rm"f[.u]l), a.
Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. " Most harmful
hazards." --Strype. --Harm"ful*ly, adv. -- Harm"ful*ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
harmful
adj 1: causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is
harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" [ant:
harmless]