pernicious

Adjective

  1. exceedingly harmful
    • Synonyms
      • baneful
      • deadly
      • pestilent
    • Similar to
      • noxious
    • Related
      • pestilence
      • canker
      • perniciousness
      • toxicity
      • deadliness
      • lethality
  2. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; “glaucoma is an insidious disease”; “a subtle poison”
    • Synonyms
      • insidious
      • subtle
    • Similar to
      • harmful
    • Related
      • perniciousness
      • toxicity
      • insidiousness