pernicious

Meaning

1. Causing much harm in a subtle way.
2. Causing death or injury; deadly.
3. Insidiously villainous: intending to cause harm, especially in a subtle way.

Synonyms

baneful

ruinous

baleful

fatal

noxious

malignant

pestilent

disastrous

deadly

destructive

insidious

subtle

pestiferous

injurious

calamitous

toxic

harmful

bad

👎

malign

pestilential

prejudicial

unhealthy

unwholesome

vicious

virulence

wicked

prejudicious

abominable

damnific

adverse

annihilating

blasting

cataclysmic

counterproductive

deleterious

detrimental

disadvantageous

distressing

fateful

grievous

hurtful

insalubrious

internecine

killable

lethal

malefic

malignancy

Translations

pernicioso

pernicioso

verderblich

perniziös

pernicioso

schädlich

zararlı

pernicieux

délétère

dangereux

insidieux

ολέθριος

bösartig

schadelijk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈnɪʃəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), from perniciēs (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”).