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Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the word pernicious, which means highly injurious or destructive, or wicked. See examples of pernicious in sentences and related phrases and articles.
Pernicious means having a very harmful effect or influence. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in different languages.
Pernicious means having a very harmful effect or influence. Learn how to use this formal adjective in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.
Find 90 similar and opposite words for pernicious, an adjective meaning causing or capable of causing harm. Learn the nuances and differences of pernicious and its synonyms, such as baneful, deleterious, detrimental, and noxious.
Pernicious definition: causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful. See examples of PERNICIOUS used in a sentence.
Pernicious means having a very harmful effect on somebody/something, especially in a way that is not easily noticed. Learn how to use this formal adjective with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes.
Pernicious means harmful and subtle, such as a poison gas that causes illness in those exposed to it over the course of years.