Harm

/hɑːm/ · noun

Meaning

Physical injury; hurt; damage..

Definitions by Sense

1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
2. Emotional or figurative hurt.
3. Detriment; misfortune.
4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
5. To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.

Example Sentences

No harm came to my possessions.

You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.

Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.

And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.

I wish him no harm.

We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms.

Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth?

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Word Forms

• harms
• harme
• harming
• harmed

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