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- 1. a cause of great distress or annoyance: "the telephone was the bane of my life"
- 2. something, especially poison, which causes death. archaic
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noun. uk / beɪn / us / beɪn / the bane of something. Add to word list. a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness: Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration. That cat is the bane of my life! Synonyms. curse. scourge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult things and people. a (heavy) cross to bear idiom.
5 meanings: 1. a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life) 2. something that causes.... Click for more definitions.
1. : a source of harm or ruin : curse. national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind D. C. Thomson. 2. a. : death, destruction. … stop the way of those that seek my bane … Philip Sidney. b. : woe. c. : poison. d. obsolete : killer, slayer. bane. 2 of 3. verb. baned; baning. transitive verb. obsolete.
noun. us / beɪn / uk / beɪn / the bane of something. Add to word list. a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness: Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration. That cat is the bane of my life! Synonyms. curse. scourge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult things and people. a (heavy) cross to bear idiom.
Bane definition: a person or thing that ruins or spoils. See examples of BANE used in a sentence.
1. a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life) 2. something that causes death or destruction. 3. a. a fatal poison. b. ( in combination ): ratsbane. 4. archaic ruin or distress. [Old English bana; related to Old Norse bani death, Old High German bano destruction, death] bane. ( ben; beɪn) n.
The noun bane refers to anything that is a cause of harm, ruin, or death. But we often use it for things that aren't that bad, just feel like it. You might say mosquitoes are the bane of your existence.
the bane of somebody/something something that causes trouble and makes people unhappy. The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life. The poor train service has been the bane of commuters for years.
bane meaning, definition, what is bane: something that causes trouble or makes p...: Learn more.
Bane Definition. bān. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. A cause of harm, ruin, or death. American Heritage. Deadly harm; ruin; death. Webster's New World. A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation. American Heritage. The cause of distress, death, or ruin. Webster's New World.
