PERNICIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does pernicious mean? • PERNICIOUS (adjective)
The adjective PERNICIOUS has 2 senses:
1. exceedingly harmful
2. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Familiarity information: PERNICIOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERNICIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Exceedingly harmful
Synonyms:
baneful; pernicious; pestilent; deadly
Similar:
harmful; noxious (injurious to physical or mental health)
Meaning:
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Synonyms:
pernicious; insidious; subtle
Context examples:
glaucoma is an insidious disease / a subtle poison
Similar:
harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)
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