harm

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause or do harm to

   These pills won't harm your system

2. 2
   noun

   Physical injury; hurt; damage.

   No harm came to my possessions.

3. 3
   noun

   Emotional or figurative hurt.

   Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.

4. 4
   noun

   Detriment; misfortune.

   I wish him no harm.

5. 5
   noun

   That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

   We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms.

6. 6
   verb

   To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.

   Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth?

7. 7
   noun

   the act of damaging something or someone

8. 8
   noun

   the occurrence of a change for the worse

Etymology

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).