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pernicious |
Grep of noun pernicious pernicious anaemia pernicious anemia perniciousness Overview of adj pernicious The adj pernicious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent -- (exceedingly harmful) 2. insidious, pernicious, subtle -- (working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison") Antonyms of adj pernicious 2 senses of pernicious Sense 1 baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent INDIRECT (VIA noxious) -> innocuous, harmless Sense 2 insidious, pernicious, subtle INDIRECT (VIA harmful) -> harmless Similarity of adj pernicious 2 senses of pernicious Sense 1 baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent => noxious (vs. innocuous), harmful Sense 2 insidious, pernicious, subtle => harmful (vs. harmless) Attributes of adj pernicious Familiarity of adj pernicious pernicious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj pernicious pernicious Overview of adj pernicious The adj pernicious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent -- (exceedingly harmful) 2. insidious, pernicious, subtle -- (working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison")
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