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Meanings of
pernicious
in English
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
subtle
insidious
Related terms
harmful
Exceedingly harmful.
deadly
baleful
baneful
pestilent
Related terms
noxious
Synonyms
Examples for "
subtle
"
subtle
insidious
Examples for "
subtle
"
1
But notice the
subtle
change in the form the second question takes.
2
That said; a slightly inflexible approach could hamper progress in
subtle
ways.
3
Questions don't come any more
subtle
than how to get democracy right.
4
Or was your question a
subtle
way of asking whether I'm married?
5
New beginnings and second chances could develop on a very
subtle
level.
1
Financial abuse is one of the most
insidious
types of family violence.
2
It's an
insidious
tactic used by corporations, activists and political parties alike.
3
The online sale of counterfeits is an increasingly
insidious
problem for manufacturers.
4
The wisest of plans are open to the
insidious
entrance of error.
5
They are right: bullying is all too
insidious
,
and too readily accepted.
Usage of
pernicious
in English
1
The effects are particularly
pernicious
for children whose lungs are still developing.
2
The dead lie in heaps and layers in the invisible,
pernicious
poison.
3
Perhaps the most
pernicious
danger is that of infant and toddler food.
4
You may not fear carbs today, but the anti-carb camps are
pernicious
.
5
The passive defense is always
pernicious
;
the active may accomplish great successes.
6
This is a
pernicious
practice; it spoils continuity of thought and application.
7
Now particularism was especially pronounced and especially
pernicious
in the middle southwest.
8
There is something very singular in the history of this
pernicious
drug.
9
An honour legitimately earned by your
pernicious
collaboration in the Vassilyevski bust.
10
Nor is every misinterpretation of the past necessarily
pernicious
in its effects.
11
Altogether, the influence of Romanism has been most
pernicious
in these islands.
12
Whether the opium trade be a
pernicious
trade is not the question.
13
The
pernicious
and grasping nature everywhere cultivated, soon fastened upon the features.
14
He called this
pernicious
hair-splitting; or, with the Psalmist: Spinning spiders' webs.
15
You were complaining-complainingof the stairs, and it is a
pernicious
habit.
16
Lingamism is not merely idolatry, but idolatry in its most
pernicious
form.
Other examples for "pernicious"
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pernicious
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most pernicious
pernicious influence
so pernicious
pernicious habit
pernicious effect
More collocations
Pernicious
through the time
Pernicious
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common