Pernicious

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  • adjective. Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly.
  • adjective. Causing great harm; destructive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Quick.
  • Having the property of destroying or being injurious; hurtful; destructive.
  • Wicked; malicious; evil-hearted.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Quick; swift (to burn).
  • adjective. Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
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  • adjective. Causing much harm in a subtle way.
  • adjective. Causing death or injury; deadly.
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  • adjective. exceedingly harmful
  • adjective. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
    • Word Usage
    "It is time to undertake the reform of what I call a pernicious prejudice."
    Equivalent
    harmful  noxious  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Delicious  ambitious  auspicious  capricious  delicious  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abominable  degrade  destructive  detestable  disgraceful  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    baleful  baleful  baneful  baneful  brutal  
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