Antonyms for pernicious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : per-nish-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈnɪʃ əs |
Definition of pernicious
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French pernicios (13c., Modern French pernicieux) and directly from Latin perniciosus "destructive," from pernicies "destruction, death, ruin," from per- "completely" (see per) + necis "violent death, murder," related to necare "to kill," nocere "to hurt, injure, harm," noxa "harm, injury" (see noxious). Related: Perniciously; perniciousness.
- adj bad, hurtful
- Perhaps it is in this last that it becomes our most pernicious enemy.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He said this was to discourage that pernicious class of men, the inventors.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
- Pride is excellent; but even pride may sometimes be pernicious.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- But forego, if possible, your pernicious stimulant of laudanum.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- All books which meddle with the faith are condemnable and pernicious.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Existing marriage is a pernicious survival of the patriarchal age.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- But human society has guided them into false and pernicious ways.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Of course it was all wrong, a pernicious system and all that, but they did do it.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He was quite sure that the question was not asked in reference to the pernicious man.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- She had said that she was to dance, not with that pernicious Captain, but with a foreign Count.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for pernicious
- baleful
- damaging
- dangerous
- deadly
- deleterious
- destructive
- detrimental
- devastating
- evil
- fatal
- harmful
- iniquitous
- injurious
- killing
- lethal
- maleficent
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- miasmatic
- miasmic
- mortal
- nefarious
- noisome
- noxious
- offensive
- pestiferous
- pestilent
- pestilential
- poisonous
- prejudicial
- ruinous
- sinister
- toxic
- venomous
- virulent
- wicked
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