Detrimental
Detrimental adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: there were serious concerns that the factory's waste was detrimental to the local environment
Hostile and detrimental are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hostile" instead an adjective "Detrimental".
Nearby Words: detriment, detrimentally
Hostile
Hostile adjective - Opposed to one's interests.
Usage example: the company's president vows to fight the hostile takeover by the giant corporation
Detrimental and hostile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detrimental" instead an adjective "Hostile".
Nearby Word: hostility
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and detrimental
- offensive and hostile
- baleful and detrimental
- baleful and hostile
- disadvantageous and detrimental
- disadvantageous and hostile
- bad and detrimental
- bad and hostile
- unkind and detrimental
- unkind and hostile
- unfavourable and detrimental
- unfavourable and hostile
- unfriendly and detrimental
- unfriendly and hostile
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