Associations to the word «Pernicious»
Noun
- Anemia
- Vitamin
- Deficiency
- Doctrine
- Flattery
- Arthritis
- Absorption
- Superstition
- Maxim
- Heretic
- Perceiving
- Diabetes
- Ulcer
- Liquor
- Mia
- Heresy
- Tendency
- Indulgence
- Addison
- Habit
- Consequence
- Mischief
- Evil
- Vigour
- Dubois
- Manners
- Opium
- Influence
- Posterity
- Tyranny
- Intolerance
- Extravagance
- Sclerosis
- Intoxication
- Weed
- Moral
- Defi
- Wickedness
- Liver
- Foresight
- Malaria
- Hepatitis
- Continuance
- Quaker
- Bowel
- Nonsense
- Wills
- Stomach
- Moderation
- Marrow
- Luxury
- Sentiment
- Mankind
- Folly
- Sect
- Prejudice
Adjective
Wiktionary
PERNICIOUS, adjective. Causing much harm in a subtle way.
PERNICIOUS, adjective. Causing death or injury; deadly.
PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA, noun. Alternative spelling of pernicious anemia
PERNICIOUS ANÆMIA, noun. Alternative spelling of pernicious anemia
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA, noun. (pathology) A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B12 insufficiency.
PERNICIOUS ANEMIAS, noun. Plural of pernicious anemia
Dictionary definition
PERNICIOUS, adjective. Exceedingly harmful.
PERNICIOUS, adjective. Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.