Harmless and Injurious

Harmless

Harmless adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.
Usage example: a perfectly harmless little spider

Injurious is an antonym for harmless in not injurious or dangerous topic.

Nearby Words: harm, harmful, harmlessly

Injurious

Injurious adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media

Harmless is an antonym for injurious.

Nearby Words: injure, injury, injuriously

Both words in one sentence

  • Since this collision is injurious to the player and harmless to the attacker, even if the player is permitted more than one injury before death occurs, he might quickly deplete his entire Life Meter before being able to disentangle himself from the enemy.
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