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Synonyms for pernicious
pərˈnɪʃ əsper·ni·cious

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. pernicious

    Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

    Synonyms:
    bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

    Antonyms:
    advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. pernicious

    Synonyms:
    hurtful, harmful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental, destructive, deadly, injurious, baneful

    Antonyms:
    beneficial, wholesome, innocuous, undetrimental, innocent, salutary

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

    exceedingly harmful

    Synonyms:
    pestiferous, deathly, virulent, baneful, venomous, baleful, mortal, insidious, lethal, pestilent, deadly, plaguey, subtle, pestilential, mortal(a)

    Antonyms:
    harmless, innocuous

  2. insidious, pernicious, subtleadjective

    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

    "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

    Synonyms:
    pestilent, elusive, subtle, baneful, insidious, deadly

    Antonyms:
    harmless, innocuous

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. perniciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    hurtful, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, baneful, baleful, prejudicial, noxious, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. perniciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    deleterious, harmful, noisome, baleful, vicious

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How to use pernicious in a sentence?

  1. Samuel Tombs:

    The MPC's decision to stand pat today ... looks set to repeated over the next few months while inflation hovers near zero, but by the summer, it should be clear that the UK's deflation is neither pernicious nor long-lasting.

  2. The Russian foreign ministry:

    In our view, the United States and other NATO members should have long abandoned the pernicious one-sided steps in the missile defence field. They wouldn't have to worry about the consequences then.

  3. Jon Voight:

    There are a lot of conservatives in Hollywood, and they’re not very welcome, Voight told the December issue of Cigar Afficiando. It’s a big surprise that we’ve come to this juncture where people with patriotic thoughts could not find a home in Hollywood. i think the word ‘progressive’ is a very devious term. It was created as a substitute for ‘communist,’ he said. What they propose is the reverse of progress. It’s some that that does taste of communism and Karl Marx’s pernicious philosophy.

  4. Tom Cardamone:

    This study highlights that illicit financial flows are pervasive and pernicious in the developing world.

  5. Alexander Herzen:

    All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former -- of the corruption of the will.


Translations for pernicious

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  • гибелен, пагубенBulgarian
  • bösartig, perniziös, schädlich, tödlich, verderblichGerman
  • θανατηφόρος, ολέθριοςGreek
  • perniciosoSpanish
  • tuhoisa, haitallinen, turmiollinen, tappavaFinnish
  • malsain, nuisible, dangereux, pernicieux, nocif, délétèreFrench
  • sgriosailScottish Gaelic
  • हानिकारकHindi
  • jahatIndonesian
  • perniciosoItalian
  • 有害なJapanese
  • погубенMacedonian
  • schadelijk, dodelijk, destructiefDutch
  • zgubny, szkodliwy, groźnyPolish
  • dăunător, vătămător, perniciosRomanian
  • вредный, пагубный, гибельный, тлетворныйRussian
  • muzır, ölümcül, zararlı, habis, pernisiyözTurkish

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