The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL , but the solution may also be ADVERSE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Harmful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 18 % | 4 |
| NOISOME | 18 % | 7 |
| NOCENT | 15 % | 6 |
| BAD | 12 % | 3 |
| ILL | 9 % | 3 |
| NOXIOUS | 6 % | 7 |
| NOCUOUS | 3 % | 7 |
| DELETERIOUS | 3 % | 11 |
| ADVERSE | 3 % | 7 |
| PERNICIOUS | 3 % | 10 |
| MALEFIC | 3 % | 7 |
| DAMAGING | 3 % | 8 |
| INIMICAL | 3 % | 8 |
Why may ADVERSE be the right solution?
"Adverse" means harmful or unfavorable. It fits the clue "Harmful" because it is a synonym for causing harm or damage.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Harmful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- detrimental
- injurious
- damaging
- hurtful
- deleterious
- noxious
- pernicious
- degrading
- denigratory
- denigrative
- ruinous
- abusive
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result NOISOME
- Foul-smelling
- Harmful
- Very offensive
- Nauseating
- Stinking
- Smelly
- Stinky (but not necessarily loud, surprisingly)
- Offensive
- Putrid
- Disgusting
More clues leading to the result NOCENT
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result NOXIOUS
More clues leading to the result NOCUOUS
More clues leading to the result DELETERIOUS
More clues leading to the result ADVERSE
- Detrimental
- Hostile
- Far from propitious
- Inauspicious
- Unfavorable
- Negative
- Antagonistic
- Bad
- Ill-omened
- Madison Avenue jingle?