pernicious

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(per-ni-cious) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. causing or capable of causing harm

Example Sentence

The smoker acknowledged the pernicious effects of smoking on health.

Synonyms

harmful; damaging; detrimental; destructive

Antonyms

harmless; innocent

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Rhymes

  • vicious

  • ambitious
  • auspicious
  • capricious
  • delicious
  • factitious
  • fictitious
  • judicious
  • malicious
  • nutritious
  • pernicious
  • propitious
  • seditious
  • suspicious

  • aloysius
  • expeditious
  • inauspicious
  • injudicious
  • repetitious
  • superstitious
  • surreptitious