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vahingollinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • damaging adjective Causing harm, injury, or a loss in value.
  • deleterious adjective Causing harm or damage, especially gradually and to health, an environment or a system.
  • detrimental adj Causing harm or damage.
  • harmful adj Likely to cause harm, injury, or damage.
  • hurtful adj Causing emotional pain, especially by being unkind or insulting.
  • injurious adj Causing physical harm.
  • maleficent adj Causing harm, especially through evil intent.
  • malevolent adj Wishing harm on others; having ill will.
  • malignant adjective Harmful or hostile in intent; wishing ill on others.
  • noisome adj Morally hurtful or noxious.
  • noxious adj Harmful or poisonous, especially to health.
  • prejudicial adjective Likely to cause harm or unfair disadvantage, especially in a legal or formal context.
  • virulent adj Extremely infectious or harmful, said of a disease or pathogen.

Senses

vahingollinen is used for these senses in English:

  • damaging Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
  • deleterious (formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
  • detrimental Causing damage or harm.
  • harmful Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
  • hurtful Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
  • maleficent Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
  • malevolent Having an evil or harmful influence.
  • malignant Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

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