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Deleterious
adjective
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Word Frequency:
1.6
Definitions
1.
adjective
Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.
"deleterious effects"
2.
adjective
Having lower fitness.
Synonyms
destructive
harmful
hurtful
injurious
noxious
pernicious
detrimental
damaging
disastrous
devastating
inimical
malign
Rhymes With
delirious
serious
imperious
mysterious
cereus
nereis
nereus
tereus
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