Pernicious

Synonyms: adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, cancerous, corrupting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, harmful, hurtful, inimical, injurious, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, noxious, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unfavourable, unhealthy, wicked

Antonyms: beneficial, benign, favourable

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Pernicious meaning in hindi

Pernicious Vocab Meme Dictionary – English to Hindi translation with picture dictionary

Pernicious

(adj) having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way; “the pernicious influences of the mass media”

Pernicious (पर्निशस) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

घातक, दुखदाई, नाशक, हानिकारक

Pernicious Origin

late Middle English: from Latin perniciosus ‘destructive’, from pernicies ‘ruin’, based on nex, nec- ‘death’.

Pernicious in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

Politicians and government functionaries to benefit from favourable laws and tax concessions, crony socialism is equally pernicious.
So, a team comprising young, tech-savvy clerics is being mooted to counter the pernicious propaganda.
The real issue though, is still poaching of tigers, which is a pernicious, international and persistent problem.
The pernicious effect of loan continues many years after graduation. The student is forced to find employment by the end of her studies.
Rajan said high inflation has “pernicious effects” on the weaker sections.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of pernicious

kya ‘parinde’ (bird) ka meat pernicious (harmful) ho sakta hai?

Pernicious Pronunciation