- Deleterious
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deleterious — I adjective adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, consuming, corroding, corrosive, damaging, deadly, disadvantageous, disserviceable, envenomed, fatal, foul, harmful, injurious to health, insalubrious, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malignant, miasmal,… … Law dictionary
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. {Del e*te… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deleterious — 1640s, from M.L. deleterius, from Gk. deleterios noxious, from deleter destroyer, from deleisthai to hurt, injure. Related: Deleteriously; deleteriousness … Etymology dictionary
deleterious — detrimental, *pernicious, baneful, noxious Analogous words: injuring or injurious, harming or harmful, hurting or hurtful (see corresponding verbs at INJURE): destroying or destructive (see corresponding verb DESTROY): ruining or ruinous (see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
deleterious — [adj] harmful, damaging bad, destroying, destructive, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, pernicious, prejudicial, prejudicious, ruining, ruinous; concepts 537,570 Ant. aiding, assisting, helpful … New thesaurus
deleterious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing harm or damage. DERIVATIVES deleteriously adverb. ORIGIN Greek d l t rios noxious … English terms dictionary
deleterious — [del΄ə tir′ē əs] adj. [Gr dēlētērios < dēlēter, a destroyer < dēleisthai, to injure < IE base * del , to split] harmful to health or well being; injurious SYN. PERNICIOUS deleteriously adv. deleteriousness n … English World dictionary
deleterious — adjective Etymology: Greek dēlētērios, from dēleisthai to hurt Date: 1643 harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way < deleterious effects > < deleterious to health > Synonyms: see pernicious • deleteriously adverb • deleteriousness … New Collegiate Dictionary
deleterious — deleteriously, adv. deleteriousness, n. /del i tear ee euhs/, adj. 1. injurious to health: deleterious gases. 2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences. [1635 45; < Gk deletérios destructive, adj. deriv. of deletér destroyer, equiv. to dele… … Universalium
deleterious — Injurious; noxious; harmful. [G. deleterios, fr. deleomai, to injure] * * * del·e·te·ri·ous .del ə tir ē əs adj harmful often in a subtle or an unexpected way <the deleterious effects of radiation and chemotherapy on the marrow (Christine… … Medical dictionary
