Synonyms for pernicious
pərˈnɪʃ əs

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1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent(adj)

   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, subtle(adj)

   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

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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

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1. pernicious

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

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

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1. pernicious(a.)

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

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1. List of paraphrases:

   harmful, perverse, detrimental, damaging, deleterious, malignant, adverse, disastrous, malign, malicious, evil

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