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- Dictionarydel·e·te·ri·ous/ˌdeləˈtirēəs/
adjective
- 1. causing harm or damage: formal "divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children"
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Deleterious means harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and usage of deleterious from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Deleterious means harmful or damaging, especially to health or well-being. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find synonyms, antonyms and related words.
Deleterious means harmful or damaging, especially to health or well-being. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to mention your social life. My parents were worried that their divorce would have a deleterious effect on us kids, but in the end it was less harmful than watching them fight all the time.
Deleterious means harmful or injurious to health or well-being. Learn the word origin, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from various sources.
Deleterious definition: injurious to health. See examples of DELETERIOUS used in a sentence.
Jun 2, 2024 · deleterious (comparative more deleterious, superlative most deleterious) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. Synonyms: destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious, noxious, pernicious; see also Thesaurus: harmful
