perniciousness

Noun

Meaning

grave harmfulness or deadliness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

toxicity loss damage violence evil harm abuse sickness vandalism mischief detriment malignancy disservice harmfulness sabotage

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

grace support hand help aid benefit

Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

morbidity morbidness unwholesomeness

Related terms

pernicious perniciously

Examples

My aversion to them...springs from the perniciousness of that sect to society-I hate Papists, as a man, not as a Protestant. If Papists were only enemies to the religion of other men, I should overlook their errors. As they are foes to liberty, I cannot forgive them. Horace Walpole

Close letter words and terms

pernicious anemia pernicious scale perniciously pernicity pernicketily pernicketiness