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Synonyms for pernicious
pərˈnɪʃ əsper·ni·cious
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pernicious
Synonyms:
hurtful, harmful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental, destructive, deadly, injurious, banefulAntonyms:
beneficial, wholesome, innocuous, undetrimental, innocent, salutary
Princeton's WordNet
baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective
exceedingly harmful
Synonyms:
pernicious, pestiferous, deathly, virulent, baneful, venomous, baleful, mortal, insidious, lethal, pestilent, deadly, plaguey, subtle, pestilential, mortal(a)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, pernicious, insidious, deadly
Dictionary of English Synonymes
perniciousadjective
Synonyms:
hurtful, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, baneful, baleful, prejudicial, noxious, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
perniciousadjective
Synonyms:
deleterious, harmful, noisome, baleful, vicious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pernicious":
harmful, perverse, detrimental, damaging, deleterious, malignant, adverse, disastrous, malign, malicious, evil
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#841 | bad | |
#3009 | evil | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#13639 | malicious | |
#13724 | lethal | |
#14146 | mortal | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#15592 | malignant | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#31554 | perverse | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#39559 | insidious | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43797 | virulent | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#51420 | venomous | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#72172 | malign | |
#83422 | deathly | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#114245 | baleful | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#245384 | pestilent | |
#264537 | pestilential |
How to use pernicious in a sentence?
The wage gap is a persistent, pernicious problem, and it has been around for awhile, we still have a lot to do to change it, but this is an excellent step forward.
Critical race theory is a grave threat to the American way of life, it divides Americans by race and traffics in the pernicious concepts of race essentialism, racial stereotyping, and race-based segregation—all under a false pursuit of 'social justice.'.
When the Biden administration steps in on Day One, they will have an optic of how pernicious and sophisticated the threat — not only from the Chinese Communist Party, but from Russia, Iran, and others, and they will have a head start in trying to find the correct avenues to pivot and understand the threat, and find creative ways to mitigate the threat.
I'm deeply concerned about the availability of menthol-flavored cigarettes, i believe these menthol-flavored products represent one of the most common and pernicious routes by which kids initiate on combustible cigarettes.
The coverup continues via refusal to allow WHO access, accept CDC offers to assist, and simply tell the truth of this pandemic’s endemic dangerous, incessant and pernicious injurious traits, which has caused huge injury to the American people and citizens of the world, Chinese citizens included, does anyone sane doubt that?
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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