pernicious (per-ni-cious)
Definition
adjective. causing or capable of causing harm
Example Sentence
The smoker acknowledged the pernicious effects of smoking on health.
Synonyms
harmful; damaging; detrimental; destructive
Antonyms
harmless; innocent
Rhymes
- vicious
- ambitious
- auspicious
- capricious
- delicious
- factitious
- fictitious
- judicious
- malicious
- nutritious
- pernicious
- propitious
- seditious
- suspicious
- aloysius
- expeditious
- inauspicious
- injudicious
- repetitious
- superstitious
- surreptitious