deleterious

(dĕl'ĭ-tîr'ē-əs)
adj.
Having a harmful effect; injurious: the deleterious effects of smoking.

[From Greek dēlētērios, from dēlētēr, destroyer, from dēleisthai, to harm.]

deleteriously del'e·te'ri·ous·ly adv.
deleteriousness del'e·te'ri·ous·ness n.

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adjective

Causing harm or injury: bad, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous. See help/harm/harmless.

adj

Definition: harmful, damaging
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, helpful

IN BRIEF: Harmful. Also: hurtful, morally or physically.

Using steroids can be deleterious to your health.

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Injurious; harmful.

See words rhyming with "deleterious."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skadelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
schadelijk

Français (French)
adj. - nuisible à la (santé)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schädlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανθυγιεινός, βλαβερός, επιβλαβής

Italiano (Italian)
deleterio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - deletério

Русский (Russian)
вредный, опасный для здоровья

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nocivo, perjudicial, injurioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skadlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有害于, 有毒的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有害於, 有毒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유해한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 有害な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤذ, ضار بالصحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזיק‬

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