Words Like BANE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BANE.

9 Alternative Words Similar to bane

1 Curse Noun      Synonym Words Like Curse
2 Scourge Noun      Synonym Words Like Scourge
3 Nemesis Noun      Synonym Words Like Nemesis
4 Affliction Noun      Synonym Words Like Affliction
5 Destruction Noun      Synonym Words Like Destruction
6 Death Noun      Synonym Words Like Death
7 Harm Noun      Synonym Words Like Harm
8 Woe Noun      Synonym Words Like Woe
9 Ruin Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Ruin

10 definitions of bane

1 That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
2 Destruction; death.
3 Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
4 A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
5 To be the bane of; to ruin.
6 something causing misery or death
7 Fatal injury or ruin: "Hath some fond lover tic'd thee to thy bane?” ( George Herbert).
8 A cause of harm, ruin, or death: "Obedience,/Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,/Makes slaves of men” ( Percy Bysshe Shelley).
9 A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation: "The spellings of foreign names are often the bane of busy copy editors” ( Norm Goldstein).
10 A deadly poison.
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