All benefit antonyms
ben·e·fit
B b noun benefit
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- bad luck — You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- disbenefit — Anything disadvantageous.
verb benefit
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- worsen — Make or become worse.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.