Questão | Responda |
Baneful | Causing ruin; harmful; pernicious. Adjective. "Norman's baneful remark about Nora's hair ruined the rest of her day." |
Deleterious | Harmful to one's health or overall welfare; pernicious. Adjective. "Many processed foods contain chemicals and other ingredients that can be deleterious to our health." |
Detrimental | Harmful. Adjective. "Smoking is known to be detrimental to your health." |
Devious | Dishonest or deceptive; tricky. Adjective. "The sly, devious fox outwitted the farmer and broke into the henhouse." |
Iniquitous | Showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious. Adjective. "The iniquitous referee plainly favored the other team over ours. Every call went against our team." |
Malicious | Intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful. Adjective. "Malicious gossip did irreparable harm to Han's reputation." |
Nefarious | Very mean and wicked. Adjective. "Of all the rotten scoundrels in the story, Sebastian was the most nefarious." |
Odious | Loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way. "Adjective." I can't imagine a more odious crime than child abuse." |
Ominous | Pertaining to an evil omen; foreboding. Adjective. "The dark clouds on the horizon looked ominous." |
Pernicious | Very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way. Adjective. "Lady Macbeth planted in her husband's mind the pernicious scheme of killing the king and seizing the crown." |
Rancorous | Deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious. Adjective. "The dinner conversation turned rancorous when Louis and Max started to argue." |
Virulent | Extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred. Adjective. "Rattlesnakes are virulent; their poison can be fatal." |
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