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having a very harmful effect or influence: The cuts in government funding have had a pernicious effect on local health services. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dangerous and harmful. adverse conditions. adverse effect. adverse publicity. adverse reaction. deleteriously. destabilizing. destructively. destructiveness. inimically.
Its original meaning in English, “highly injurious or destructive,” usually applies to things (“pernicious apathy,” “pernicious effects”) and medical conditions (“pernicious fever,” “pernicious anemia”). When applied to people, pernicious means “wicked.”
Pernicious means harmful and subtle, such as a poison gas that causes illness in those exposed to it over the course of years.
having a very harmful effect or influence: The cuts in government funding have had a pernicious effect on local health services. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dangerous and harmful. adverse. adverse conditions. adverse effect. adverse publicity.
Pernicious definition: causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful. See examples of PERNICIOUS used in a sentence.
If you describe something as pernicious, you mean that it is very harmful. [formal] Parents are blaming not only peer pressure but also the pernicious influence of the internet. There is a pernicious culture of excellence: everything has to be not merely good but the best. Synonyms: wicked, bad, damaging, dangerous More Synonyms of pernicious.
Definition of pernicious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The word "pernicious" is correct and usable in written English. It is an adjective that means something is very harmful or destructive. For example, "The pernicious effects of smoking can be deadly.".
PERNICIOUS definition: very harmful. Learn more.
Synonyms for PERNICIOUS: harmful, dangerous, detrimental, damaging, adverse, bad, poisonous, deleterious; Antonyms of PERNICIOUS: benign, harmless, beneficial, innocuous, innocent, useful, safe, inoffensive.
