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Antonyms for bane

Grammar : Noun
Spell : beyn
Phonetic Transcription : beɪn

Definition of bane

Origin :
  • Old English bana "killer, slayer, murderer; the devil," from Proto-Germanic *banon, cognate with *banja- "wound" (cf. Old Frisian bona "murderer," Old Norse bani, Old High German bana "murder," Old English benn "wound," Gothic banja "stroke, wound"), from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill, wound" (cf. Avestan banta "ill"). Modern sense of "that which causes ruin or woe" is from 1570s.
  • noun cause of misery
Example sentences :
  • Outsiders are the bane of the police as of other professions.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • These garments, made by my mother's own hands, had long been the bane of my existence.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Every bane has its corresponding antidote; if so, there may be physic even for a philter.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • It was the bane of a low connexion poisoned all hope of recovery.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • The scorn of that old woman at Houghton, had been the bane of her existence.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • Absenteeism is agreed on all hands to be the bane of Ireland.
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • He contracted the habit of drinking, the bane of Lincoln's business career.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple
  • "I always said your pride would be your bane," says Cecil, reprovingly.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • Harpies of this ilk are the bane of sight-seeing all the world over.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • It might be good for hogs, but it was a form of monks' bane, as it were.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

Synonyms for bane

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