English Explanatory Dictionary

detrimental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing damage or harm.
noun
  1. Anything harmful.

Pronunciation

/ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detrimental.wav

Word forms

detrimental more detrimental most detrimental detrimentals

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *dētrīmentālis, from Latin dētrīmentum (“harm”), from dēterō (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terō (“to rub or grab”).

Synonyms

harmful damaging injurious deleterious detrimental hurtful inimical mischievous nocent nocuous noxious noisome prejudicial scathand scathel sullen venom

Antonyms

beneficial

Related words

detriment

Derived words

detrimentally detrimentalness nondetrimental undetrimental
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