Word Study
harmfulness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun harmfulness has 2 senses
- harmfulness(n = noun.attribute) injuriousness - destructiveness that causes harm or injury; Array is a kind of destructiveness
- harmfulness(n = noun.attribute) noisomeness, noxiousness - the quality of being noxious; Array is a kind of morbidity, morbidness, unwholesomeness
has particulars: insidiousness, virulence, virulency
Derived form adjective harmful1
THESAURUS
harmfulness
air, badness, balefulness, banefulness, bitchiness, contamination, cussedness, deadliness, detrimentalness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, evil intent, hatefulness, health hazard, hurtfulness, iniquitousness, injuriousness, insalubriousness, insalubrity, invidiousness, lethality, maleficence, malice, malice aforethought, malice prepense, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, menace to health, mischievousness, nastiness, noise pollution, noisomeness, noxiousness, ominousness, orneriness, pathenogenicity, perniciousness, poisonousness, pollution, toxicity, unhealthfulness, unhealthiness, unsalutariness, unwholesomeness, venomousness, viciousness, virulence, water, wickedness
For further exploring for "harmfulness" in Webster Dictionary Online