Synonyms for detrimental
ˌdɛ trəˈmɛn tldetri·men·tal

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1. detrimentaladjective

   Causing damage or harm.

   Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

   Synonyms:
   harmful, injurious

   Antonyms:
   beneficial

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1. detrimental

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

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1. detrimental

   Synonyms:
   injurious, hurtful, pernicious

   Antonyms:
   beneficial, profitable, augmentative

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1. damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudiciousadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

   "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"

   Synonyms:
   negative, prejudicial, prejudicious, damaging

   Antonyms:
   harmless

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1. detrimentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   injurious, hurtful, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial

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1. List of paraphrases for "detrimental":

   harmful, damaging, prejudicial, adverse, negative, injurious, deleterious, pernicious, unfavourable, disadvantageous, noxious, disastrous, unfavorable, destructive, disruptive, bad

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1. Julie Bishop:

   We're concerned that the consequences of entering into some of these financing arrangements will be detrimental to their long-term sovereignty, we want to ensure that they retain their sovereignty, that they have sustainable economies and that they are not trapped into unsustainable debt outcomes. The trap can then be a debt-for-equity swap and they have lost their sovereignty.

2. Tim Key:

   If those foods are high in saturated fat and salt and sugar, you'd expect them to be detrimental to health, but if they're sensibly designed and don't have high levels of those things, you'd expect them to be good for health.

3. Ryan McCormick:

   Any kind of statement or action taken by networks when a scandal arises may unnecessarily fan the flames of public interest in the scandal, silence may be an effective strategy at times however, silence can also be detrimental ….

4. Mark Robinson:

   Ilost two very good-paying jobs, destroyed because of NAFTA, we know how detrimental that bad policy can be. ... We want to protect our industries here in North Carolina.We want to protect manufacturing, farming. We want to make sure North Caroliniansare in charge of their destiny, not some outside entity.

5. Dave Herman:

   We believe that, as in many supplements, there should be a warning that pregnant women shouldn't take this, that's not because we think it's detrimental. It's because it's a safety measure.