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An acrid remark is mean, bitter, and highly critical of someone.
Someone is baleful if they are filled with bad intent, anger, or hatred towards another person.
When something bedevils you, it causes you a lot of problems and difficulties over a period of time.
Something beneficial is helpful, useful, or valuable in some way.
If you describe a tumor as benign, it will not cause death or serious harm.
Something brackish is distasteful and unpleasant usually because something else is mixed in with it; brackish water, for instance, is a mixture of fresh and salt water and cannot be drunk.
A comestible is something that can be eaten.
A contagion is a disease—or the transmission of that disease—that is easily spread from one person to another through touch or the air.
Something that has curative properties can be used for curing people’s illnesses.
A dank room or building is unpleasantly damp and chilly.
Debility is a state of being physically or mentally weak, usually due to illness.
Decrepitude is the state of being very old, worn out, or very ill; therefore, something or someone is no longer in good physical condition or good health.
If you describe something, especially food and drink, as delectable, you mean that it is very pleasant, tasty, or attractive.
Something that is deleterious has a harmful effect.
Something detrimental causes damage, harm, or loss to someone or something.
When something impairs someone, it weakens, harms, or lessens them in some way.
If someone is inimical, they are unfriendly and will likely cause you harm.
An internecine conflict or quarrel takes place between people who belong to the same group, organization, country, etc.
Lassitude is a state of tiredness, lack of energy, and having little interest in what’s going on around you.
Malaise is a feeling of discontent, general unease, or even illness in a person or group for which there does not seem to be a quick and easy solution because the cause of it is not clear.
A malignant thing or person, such as a tumor or criminal, is deadly or does great harm.
If something is noisome, it is extremely unpleasant, especially because it is very dirty or has an awful smell.
Something that is noxious is harmful, extremely unpleasant, and often poisonous.
A pathogen is an organism or infectious agent—such as a bacterium or virus—that causes disease.
If you have a pathological condition, you are extreme or unreasonable in something that you do.
A perilous situation is highly dangerous or extremely risky.
Something that is pernicious is very harmful or evil, often in a way that is hidden or not quickly noticed.
A pestilence is either an infectious disease that is deadly or an agent of some kind that is destructive or dangerous.
A putrid substance is decaying or rotting; therefore, it is also foul and stinking.
Rancor is a feeling of bitter ill will or intense dislike towards another person.
If something is reviled, it is intensely hated and criticized.
A salutary experience is beneficial to you since it strengthens you in some way, although it may be unpleasant as you undergo it; this word also refers to promoting good health.
An environment or character can be sordid—the former dirty, the latter low or base in an immoral or greedy sort of way.
To taint is to give an undesirable quality that damages a person’s reputation or otherwise spoils something.
Therapeutic treatment is used to heal or treat patients who have a disease or other physical or emotional issue.
An unguent is a soothing salve.
Something that is unsullied is unstained and clean.
Virulent feelings or actions are full of hatred and bitterness.
The adjective wholesome can refer to something that is good for the health of your body and also for your moral health.
Adj.
salubrious
suh-LOO-bree-uhs
Context
The trip to the spa had a salubrious or healthy effect on Mimi’s state of mind and body. Having never been to one before, Mimi was unprepared for the salubrious or beneficial effects of daily yoga practice, vegan meals, and intense meditation. Because of the good, wholesome, and salubrious influence of her experience, she’s decided to increase her practice of all things yoga to seven days per week.
Salmon LubeUs Every Day! For extra good health you should take a salubrious spoonful of salmon lube (fish oil) every day.
Examples
At a certain level housekeeping is a regime of small kindnesses, which, taken together, make the world salubrious, savory, and warm.
— Marilynne Roginson, American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize winner, from _When I Was a Child I Read Books_
Lewis and Clark called the weather of the plains "salubrious," even after enduring a bitterly cold and windy winter at Fort Mandan. Traveling up the Missouri through the plains, Lewis wrote, "This immense river waters one of the fairest portions of the globe."
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The Washington Post
There are anecdotal reports that huge wintertime crowds of eagles in and around Homer have been rather less salubrious for local waterfowl and sea otter pups.
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Casper Star-Tribune