harmed 1 of 2

adjective

as in hurt

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

harmed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of harm
1
as in damaged
to cause bodily damage to though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in injured
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of harmed
Verb
There are plenty of examples of teens who have been harmed by their use of social media. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Instead people voted with their wallets and not a single person was harmed except maybe some marketing guys getting a tongue lashing. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 At the time of its passing, state officials had expressed concerns about how students’ wellbeing could be harmed because of excessive phone use or cause distractions in their learning. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Everyone will be harmed if political hacks start using the powers OMB wants to give them—Lysenkoism is an example from history that makes that clear. — ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 Together, these efforts reflect concerted efforts to protect large corporations from consumers’ claims that products have harmed them and to prevent states from holding companies accountable when federal regulation falls short. — Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Point by point, O’Donnell debunks the arguments in A Sudden Flicker of Light, David Thomson’s new book about how cinema has harmed society. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 The incident occurred on Venice Boulevard and Abbot Kinney Boulevard, ABC7 stated, noting that Sadie was not harmed in the crash. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 The abrupt dismantling of USAID has already harmed both vulnerable communities and America’s standing in Africa. — W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmed
  1. hurt
  2. damaged
  3. injured
  4. broken
  5. wounded
  6. marred
  7. impaired
  8. compromised
Adjective
  • Many of the hurt kids were at home when tear gas drifted in from streets where federal agents had deployed the chemical agent against crowds of protesters.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 27 May 2026
  • When the Sixers convened for Wednesday morning’s shootaround, Embiid was too hurt to participate.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Residential buildings were badly damaged in the assault, leaving people trapped in multi-story apartment blocks and an entire family that was killed pulled from the rubble, while cars were seen burning on city streets.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • In a later post on Telegram, Klitschko said Kyiv also came under ballistic missile attack, with five people injured in one of the central districts.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
  • The Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) later said no firefighters or residents were injured.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of injured
Adjective
  • Bowser, who declined to be interviewed for this article, urged the administration to clean up federal parks and fix broken fountains, while pushing back on measures like having police ask for people’s immigration status.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • Stopped wearing your favorite pumps because of a broken heel?
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of broken
Verb
  • Khamenei’s 56-year-old son Mojtaba, who was wounded in the attack that killed his father, was appointed the new supreme leader in March but has not been seen in public or even issued an audio statement since then.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Another 21 were wounded in the explosion at a popular cafe near the capital's main judicial complex, which was often frequented by lawyers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Already, reports of sparse crowds have marred the Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, the Daily Beast said.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's trip to the United Kingdom is already marred by drama after reports circulated that the visit was canceled due to security concerns.
    — Tracy Wright , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • This gives drivers more time to react and could potentially prevent up to 80% of non-impaired vehicle crashes in the US alone.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
  • Intense exercise on a sizzling day can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration, all symptoms of exertional heat illness.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of impaired
Verb
  • If the boundary between them is compromised, the church too will become coercive.
    — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • But if that account gets compromised, those details become part of the damage.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of compromised

Browse Nearby Words

harm's way
harmed
harmer
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Harmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on harmed

Nglish: Translation of harmed for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All