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harming - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: harm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: injure; cause evil
Synonyms: abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, discommode, get, hurt, impair, inconvenience, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing*, dilapidate, disserve, do violence to, dump on, ill-treat, incommode, louse up, muck up*, scathe, traumatize
Antonyms: aid, assist, benefit, care, fix, help, improve, mend
Main Entry: abuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: physically hurt or injure
Synonyms: beat up, corrupt, cut up*, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose*, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute*, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up*, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax*, bang up, bung up, ill-treat
Notes: abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm
to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it
Antonyms: cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect
Main Entry: attack
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assault physically
Synonyms: advance, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean*, beat, beset, besiege, blast, blister, bombard, boot*, brain*, bust, charge, clip, clock*, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, molest, mug, overwhelm, punch, raid, rush, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, turn on, wallop*, aggress, biff, boff, bop, chop down, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup*, lay siege to, light into*, pounce upon, set upon, take the offensive, whop
Antonyms: aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain
Main Entry: blemish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flaw, disfigure
Synonyms: blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench
Antonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament
Main Entry: contaminate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adulterate
Synonyms: alloy, befoul, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, harm, infect, injure, pervert, poison, pollute, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate, muck up, radioactivate
Antonyms: clean, cure, heal, purify, sterilize
Main Entry: debilitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incapacitate
Synonyms: attenuate, blunt, cripple, devitalize, disable, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, harm, hurt, injure, mar, prostrate, relax, sap, spoil, undermine, weaken, wear out, unbrace, unstrengthen
Antonyms: aid, assist, cure, energize, help, invigorate, mend, strengthen
Main Entry: deface
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mar, mutilate
Synonyms: blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck, dilapidate, misshape
Antonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair
Main Entry: deflower
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ravish; take away beauty
Synonyms: assault, defile, desecrate, despoil, devour, force, harm, have, mar, molest, outrage, possess, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, violate, deflorate, depredate
Main Entry: disable
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: render inoperative; cripple
Synonyms: attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring*, handicap, harm, hock*, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh*, knock out*, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, spoil, total*, undermine, unfit, weaken, wreck, disenable, hogtie*, immobilize, pinion, put out of action, render incapable, shoot down*, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, unbrace, unstrengthen
Antonyms: aid, assist, enable, help, improve
Main Entry: hurt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause physical pain; experience pain
Synonyms: abuse, ache, afflict, ail, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wring, be sore, be tender, do violence, wrack up
Antonyms: aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe
Main Entry: lacerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tear, cut; wound
Synonyms: claw, gash, harm, hurt, injure, jag, lance, maim, mangle, mutilate, puncture, rend, rip, score, serrate, slash, stab, torment, torture
Main Entry: lay up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurt, incapacitate
Synonyms: beat up, confine, disable, harm, injure, hospitalize
Antonyms: heal, help
Main Entry: maim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cripple, put out of action
Synonyms: batter, blemish, break, castrate, crush, damage, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, disqualify, hack, hamstring*, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, mangle, mar, massacre, maul, mayhem, mutilate, spoil, truncate, warp, wound, gimp, hog-tie
Antonyms: aid, cure, heal, help, repair
Main Entry: malign
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: slander, defame
Synonyms: abuse, accuse, backbite*, bad-mouth*, befoul, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, curse, decry, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dirty*, disparage, harm, injure, insult, misrepresent, pollute, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slur, smear, soil, spatter*, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, bespatter, cast aspersion, mudsling, opprobriate, speak ill of, take a swipe at, villainize
Antonyms: praise, uphold
Main Entry: mar
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurt, damage
Synonyms: bend, blemish, blight, blot, break, bruise, deface, deform, detract, ding*, disfigure, foul up, harm, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mess up*, mutilate, queer*, rough up, ruin, scar, scratch, shake up, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tweak, vitiate, warp, wreck, louse up
Antonyms: aid, heal, help
Main Entry: mishandle/mismanage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mess up
Synonyms: abuse, blow, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, err, flub*, foul up, fumble, goof*, harm, misapply, misconduct, mistreat, misuse, muff*, overlook, pervert, prostitute, screw up*, be incompetent, be inefficient, goof up*, gum up, make a hash of, make a mess of, maladminister, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, put foot in, shoot oneself in foot
Antonyms: handle, manage
Main Entry: mistreat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: treat badly or wrongly
Synonyms: abuse, backbite, bash, chop, harm, injure, maltreat, maul, mess up, misuse, molest, outrage, rip, rough up, roughhouse, shake up, total*, trash*, wax*, wound, wrong, brutalize, bung up, do wrong, dump on, give black eye, handle roughly, kick around, knock around, push around
Antonyms: coddle, favor, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, treat well
Main Entry: molest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: physically abuse
Synonyms: accost, assail, attack, disorganize, displace, disturb, encroach, fondle, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, interfere, intrude, maltreat, meddle, misuse, rape, illtreat
Antonyms: guard, protect, be careful
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