Canadian English Meaning of pernicious

harmful

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Definitions and Meaning of pernicious in English

Wordnet

pernicious (s)

exceedingly harmful

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Webster

pernicious (a.)

Quick; swift (to burn).

Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.

FAQs About the word pernicious

harmful

exceedingly harmful, working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious wayQuick; swift (to burn)., Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive;

adverse,damaging,dangerous,detrimental,harmful,bad,baleful,baneful,deadly,deleterious

advantageous,beneficial,benign,favourable,good,harmless,innocent,innocuous,harmless,safe

pernicion => destruction, pernancy => pregnancy, pernambuco wood => Pernambuco wood, pernambuco => Pernambuco, permuter => Permute,