[responsivevoice] pernicious [/responsivevoice] [ per-nish-uhs ]
The word of the day is ‘pernicious’
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Bad
2. Hurtful
3. Harmful
4. Evil
1. Hindi – Haanikaarak
2. Spanish – Pernicioso
3. French – Pernicieux
4. Mandarin – Yǒuhài
1. Perhaps it is in this last that it becomes our most pernicious enemy.
2. He said this was to discourage that pernicious class of men, the inventors.
3. Pride is excellent, but even pride may sometimes be pernicious
4. All books which meddle with the faith are condemnable and pernicious.
5. Existing marriage is a pernicious survival of the patriarchal age.
damaging, dangerous, deadly, destructive, detrimental, devastating, harmful, lethal, malicious, nefarious, noxious, poisonous, ruinous, toxic, virulent, baleful, deleterious, evil, fatal, iniquitous, injurious, killing, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, miasmatic, miasmic, mortal, noisome, offensive, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, prejudicial, sinister, venomous, wicked, hurtful, deleterious, adverse, inimical, bad, baleful, cancerous, etc.
Some antonyms of the word are:
advantageous, assisting, beneficial, benevolent, good, harmless, healthy, helpful, kind, nonpoisonous, wholesome, innocuous, lovable, loving, benign, favorable, etc.
Quotation:
I worry about the very pernicious way we elevate and separate ourselves from other beasts, the way we rationalize our comfort and ease, our worship of the self, as healthy. It’s enticing, but with a terrible taint of evil.
Lydia Millet
Social Example:
Of all the stupid movements that exist in the West, 'fat acceptance' might be the most pernicious.
— ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) May 7, 2020
Obesity kills millions of people every year, yet there is an explicit movement to promote it and shame those who strive to improve their health.
That's not love… It's sinister.
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