1. pernicious - Adjective
2. pernicious - Adjective Satellite
Quick; swift (to burn).
Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
Source: Webster's dictionaryglaucoma is an insidious disease Source: Internet
a subtle poison Source: Internet
Accordingly, faith is seen as pernicious with respect to rationality, as it interferes with our ability to think, and inversely rationality is seen as the enemy of faith by interfering with our beliefs. Source: Internet
After all, here was someone who has felt the icy grip of this pernicious disease, which left him face down in an intensive care unit with doctors pumping oxygen into his struggling lungs. Source: Internet
And, forgive my silly wit; tell me again how is Mr. Vieira’s “pirating…monopolistic pernicious predatory position” related to this definition you are so religiously defending. Source: Internet
Among qualified immunity’s most pernicious effects is the way it appears to provide a judicial imprimatur for indisputably wrongful conduct, like bringing the full weight of one’s body to bear on the neck of a prone and helpless human being. Source: Internet