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harmful(adjective, help, mean, bad, wrong)
23
deleterious(adjective, help, mean, bad, wrong)
21
damaging(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, severe)
21
destructive(adjective, bad, evil, cruel, negative)
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pernicious(adjective, evil, cruel, negative, unkind)
20
injurious(adjective, help, mean, bad, wrong)
20
detrimental(adjective, help, mean, bad, wrong)
16
baneful(adjective, bad, evil, negative, distressing)
15
bad(adjective, help, mean, wrong, evil)
15
distressing(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful)
15
noxious(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
15
painful(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, tender)
13
severe(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
12
mischievous(adjective, help, offensive, cruel, foul)
12
baleful(adjective, evil, negative, harmful, injurious)
12
grievous(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful)
11
aching(adjective, pain, cruel, painful, sickness)
11
agonizing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
11
cruel(adjective, mean, hard, severe, nasty)
11
evil(adjective, help, mean, bad, wrong)
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