Search Result for "deleterious": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. harmful to living things;
- Example: "deleterious chemical additives"
[syn: deleterious, hurtful, injurious]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deleterious adj 1: harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" [syn: deleterious, hurtful, injurious]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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