Detrimental — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɹˈoʊnəl/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɛtɹɪmˈɛntəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɛtɹɪmˈɛntəl/

4 syllables Say it as /dɹˈoʊnəl/.

Examples

damaging to career and reputation
the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

prejudicious prejudicial damaging

Parts of Speech

adjective

(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

“damaging to career and reputation”

Word Forms

detriment

noun

a damage or loss

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schädlich

(manchmal gefolgt von „to“) Schaden oder Verletzung verursachen

🇫🇷French

préjudiciable

(parfois suivi de « à ») causant un préjudice ou une blessure

🇪🇸Spanish

perjudicial

(a veces seguido de "a") causar daño o lesión

🇮🇹Italian

dannoso

(a volte seguito da "a") che causa danni o lesioni

🇳🇱Dutch

nadelig

(soms gevolgd door 'to') waardoor schade of letsel wordt veroorzaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

prejudicial

(às vezes seguido por `to') causando danos ou ferimentos

🇷🇺Russian

вредный

(иногда после слова «to») причинение вреда или травмы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हानिकारक

(कभी-कभी 'को' के बाद) हानि या चोट पहुँचाना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষতিকর

(কখনও কখনও 'to' দ্বারা অনুসরণ করা) ক্ষতি বা আঘাতের কারণ

🇮🇳Tamil

தீங்கு விளைவிக்கும்

(சில நேரங்களில் `to' தொடர்ந்து) தீங்கு அல்லது காயத்தை ஏற்படுத்துகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

హానికరం

(కొన్నిసార్లు 'to' తర్వాత) హాని లేదా గాయం కలిగిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

हानिकारक

(कधीकधी `ते' नंतर) हानी किंवा इजा होऊ शकते

🇮🇳Gujarati

હાનિકારક

(કેટલીકવાર 'to' દ્વારા અનુસરવામાં આવે છે) નુકસાન અથવા ઈજા પહોંચાડે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಾನಿಕರ

(ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ `ಟು' ನಂತರ) ಹಾನಿ ಅಥವಾ ಗಾಯವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹാനികരമായ

(ചിലപ്പോൾ `ടു' എന്നതിന് പിന്നാലെ) ദോഷമോ പരിക്കോ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨੁਕਸਾਨਦੇਹ

(ਕਈ ਵਾਰ 'ਤੋਂ' ਦੇ ਬਾਅਦ) ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਸੱਟ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

نقصان دہ

(کبھی کبھی 'to' کے بعد) نقصان یا چوٹ کا باعث بنتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

有害的

（有时后跟“to”）造成伤害或伤害

🇯🇵Japanese

有害な

(場合によっては「to」が後に続く) 危害や傷害を引き起こす

🇰🇷Korean

해로운

(때때로 'to'가 뒤따라) 해를 끼치거나 부상을 입히다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có hại

(đôi khi theo sau là `to') gây tổn hại hoặc thương tích

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นอันตราย

(บางครั้งตามด้วย `to') ก่อให้เกิดอันตรายหรือการบาดเจ็บ

🇮🇩Indonesian

merugikan

(terkadang diikuti dengan `to') menyebabkan bahaya atau cedera

🇵🇭Filipino

nakapipinsala

(minsan ay sinusundan ng `to') na nagdudulot ng pinsala o pinsala

🇲🇾Malay

memudaratkan

(kadang-kadang diikuti dengan `ke') menyebabkan kemudaratan atau kecederaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضار

(متبوعة أحيانًا بـ "to") مما يتسبب في الأذى أو الإصابة

🇮🇷Persian

مضر

(گاهی با "به" دنبال می شود) که باعث آسیب یا آسیب می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

zararlı

(bazen ardından 'to' gelir) zarara veya yaralanmaya neden olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַזִיק

(לפעמים ואחריו 'to') גרימת נזק או פציעה

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