# pernicious

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** adjective
- **Pronunciation:** /pəˈnɪʃəs/
- **English:** very harmful, often in a way that is hard to notice
- **Persian:** زیان‌بار و پنهان

## Example

> Gossip can have a pernicious effect on a team.
> شایعه‌پراکنی می‌تواند اثر مخربی بر یک تیم بگذارد.

## Synonyms

harmful, destructive

## Opposites

beneficial

## Common phrases

- pernicious influence
- pernicious effect
- pernicious habit

## Related words

- [capitulate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/capitulate): to stop resisting and agree to what is demanded (C2)
- [clandestine](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/clandestine): done secretly, usually because it is not allowed (C2)
- [pervasive](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/pervasive): present or noticeable in every part of something (C2)
- [ubiquitous](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/ubiquitous): seeming to be present everywhere (C2)
- [vindicate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/vindicate): to prove that someone or something was right or not guilty (C2)
- [autonomy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/autonomy): the freedom to make your own decisions (C1)
- [consensus](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/consensus): an opinion that all members of a group agree with (C1)
- [controversial](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/controversial): causing a lot of disagreement or argument (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/pernicious