Definitions for pernicious
pərˈnɪʃ əsper·ni·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

   exceedingly harmful

2. insidious, pernicious, subtleadjective

   working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

   "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. perniciousadjective

   Causing much harm in a subtle way.

2. perniciousadjective

   Causing death or injury; deadly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. PERNICIOUSadjective

   Etymology: perniciosus, Lat. pernicieux, Fr.

   1. Mischievous in the highest degree; destructive.

   To remove all out of the church, whereat they shew themselves to be sorrowful, would be, as we are persuaded, hurtful, if not pernicious thereunto. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 10.

   I call you servile ministers,
   That have with two pernicious daughters join’d
   Your high engender’d battles, ’gainst a head
   So old and white as this. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Let this pernicious hour
   Stand ay accursed in the kalendar! William Shakespeare.

   2. [ Pernix, Latin.]Quick. An use which I have found only in John Milton, and which, as it produces an ambiguity, ought not to be imitated.

   Part incentive reed
   Provide, pernicious with one touch to fire. John Milton.

WikipediaRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Pernicious

   Pernicious is a Thai-American supernatural horror film directed by James Cullen Bressack, who also wrote the story along with co-writer Taryn Hillin. The film stars Ciara Hanna, Emily O'Brien, and Jackie Moore.

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1. pernicious

   Pernicious generally refers to something that is extremely harmful, destructive, or deadly in a subtle or gradual way. It can pertain to actions, behaviors, diseases, or ideas that might not seem dangerous at the start but can cause serious damage over time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. Perniciousadjective

   quick; swift (to burn)

2. Perniciousadjective

   having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked

3. Etymology: [L. pernix, -icis.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Pernicious

   per-nish′us, adj. killing utterly: hurtful: destructive: highly injurious.—adv. Perni′ciously.—n. Perni′ciousness. [Fr.,—L. perniciosus—per, completely, nex, necis, death by violence.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. pernicious

   very dangerous or harmful, especially to someone’s moral character; highly injurious or destructive : DEADLY; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful,ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, prejudicial, wicked;having a very harmful effect or influence:offensive,fatal,toxic,poisonous,malicious,malign,malignant,malevolent,venomous,causing insidious harm or ruin;hurtful,ruinous,noisome,maleficent,in the sense of bad,sharmful,disastrous,unhealthy,disadvantageous,in the sense of baleful,menacing, or vindictive,threatening,frightening,forbidding,intimidating,sinister,ominous,pernicious (formal),intimidatory,minatory,bodeful,louring or lowering,minacious,in the sense of baneful,calamitous;Extremely destructive or harmful:pestilent, pestilential, virulent.Having the capability or effect of damaging irreparably:destructive, ruinous. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way:insidious,

   Since every big chipmaker uses someAmerican tools,the effectis to freeze Huawei out completely. The Chinese giant denounced a “pernicious” decision that “threatens to undermine the entire industry worldwide”

   
   

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pernicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pernicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pernicious in a Sentence

1. Greg Gutfeld:

   He is unifying us. Because we are all getting really, really sick of being told we are a bunch of racist rubes. He has gotten to the point where he is actually inviting outside consultants to tell us that we suck. It is all part of his greater pernicious attitude towards America, we can no longer think we are exceptional because that is racist and xenophobic. Even patriotism stands out as an anomaly. The flag is racist, apple pie is racist. We have seen the stories. ‘America last’ is our penance for being ‘America first.’.

2. Wai Wah Chin:

   They are against racial discrimination, but pernicious division and discrimination by race have been ongoing for a long time in admissions, so there is wrongful resistance to a change back to privileging individual merit. Those who see everything through the lens of color, want a superficial skin color result, or benefit from that, should join us in opposing discriminating by race.

3. The Russian foreign ministry:

   In our view, the United States and other NATO members should have long abandoned the pernicious one-sided steps in the missile defence field. They wouldn't have to worry about the consequences then.

4. Chris Rufo:

   Critical race theory is a grave threat to the American way of life, it divides Americans by race and traffics in the pernicious concepts of race essentialism, racial stereotyping, and race-based segregation—all under a false pursuit of 'social justice.'.

5. Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein:

   There has been some discussion that perhaps this actor tries to refrain from attacking hospitals, schools and the like. But certainly, they're seen as a pernicious ransomware group that has caused significant harm to its victims, both in the Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein and elsewhere.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pernicious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pernicious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pernicious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernicious
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pernicious
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pernicious