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HOME | Definition of deleterious (DELETERIOUS, Deleterious)


    Deleterious \Del`e*te"ri*ous\, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr.
    dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L.
    delere to destroy.]
    Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious
    plant or quality; a deleterious example. --

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    deleterious
    adj : harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"
    [syn: hurtful, injurious]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    46 Moby Thesaurus words for "deleterious":
    baleful, baneful, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive,
    counterproductive, damaging, deadly, destroying, destructive,
    detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, harmful,
    hurtful, injurious, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant,
    mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous,
    prejudicial, ruining, ruinous, scatheful, toxic, unadvantageous,
    unfavorable, unprofitable, unrewarding, useless, venenate,
    veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


hurtful, injurious


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