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Word | Bane |
Swedish Meaning | fördärv |
something causes misery or death; the bane of my life / That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. / a cause of ruin, poison, a cause of mischief / cause of ruin; curse / a cause of great distress or annoyance. / a obsolete : killer, slayer b: poison c: death, destruction stop the way of those that seek my bane — Philip Sidney d: woe / a source of harm or ruin : curse national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind — D. C. Thomson / to kill especially with poison / bone / : poison—see henbane, | |
Usage | ⇒ The neighbours children are a bane of my life ⇒ Lucy's little brother was the bane of her existence: his attempts to make her life miserable worked so well that she could have poisoned him with ratsbane for having such a baneful effect. ⇒ the bane of the decorator is the long, narrow hall |
Synonyms | curse, scourge, evil, plague, calamity, affliction, poison, blight, cancer, misfortune, ruin, venom, destruction, trial, annoyance, torment, pest, ruination, toxin, undoing, |
Antonyms | benefit, godsend, assistance, blessing, boon, antidote, able, admirable, advantage, advantageous, benediction, comfort, cure, felicity, good, help, joy, manna, protection, windfall, |
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