bane
noun
1 bane
Something causing misery or death:
— The bane of my life.
synonyms: curse, nemesis, scourge.
Roget 913:
evil doer,
evil worker;
wrongdoer
etc.
949;
mischief-maker,
marplot;
oppressor,
tyrant;
destroyer,
Vandal;
iconoclast†.
firebrand,
incendiary,
fire bug [U.S.],
pyromaniac;
anarchist,
communist†,
terrorist.
savage,
brute,
ruffian,
barbarian,
semibarbarian†,
caitiff,
desperado;
Apache†,
hoodlum,
hood,
plug-ugly [U.S.],
Red Skin,
tough [U.S.];
Mohawk,
Mo-hock,
Mo-hawk;
bludgeon man,
bully,
rough,
hooligan,
larrikin†,
dangerous classes,
ugly customer;
thief
etc.
792.
cockatrice,
scorpion,
hornet.
snake,
viper,
adder,
snake in the grass;
serpent,
cobra,
asp,
rattlesnake,
anaconda†.
canker-worm,
wire-worm;
locust,
Colorado beetle;
alacran†,
alligator,
caymon†,
crocodile,
mosquito,
mugger,
octopus;
torpedo;
bane
etc.
663.
cutthroat
etc.
(killer)
461.
cannibal;
anthropophagus†,
anthropophagist†;
bloodsucker,
vampire,
ogre,
ghoul,
gorilla,
vulture;
gyrfalcon†,
gerfalcon†.
wild beast,
tiger,
hyena,
butcher,
hangman;
blood-hound,
hell-hound,
sleuth-hound;
catamount [U.S.],
cougar,
jaguar,
puma.
hag,
hellhag†,
beldam,
Jezebel.
monster;
fiend
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate,
demon in human shape;
Frankenstein's monster.
harpy,
siren;
Furies,
Eumenides.
Hun,
Attila†,
scourge of the human race.
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Roget 619:
evil,
ill,
harm,
hurt. ,
mischief,
nuisance;
machinations of the devil,
Pandora's box,
ills that flesh is heir to.
blow,
buffet,
stroke,
scratch,
bruise,
wound,
gash,
mutilation;
mortal blow,
wound;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.];
damage,
loss
etc.
(deterioration)
659.
disadvantage,
prejudice,
drawback.
disaster,
accident,
casualty;
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
bad job,
devil to pay;
calamity,
bale,
catastrophe,
tragedy;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162;
adversity
etc.
735.
mental suffering
etc.
828.
demon
etc.
980.
(Evil spirit)
bane,
etc.
663
(cause of evil).
badness,
etc.
649
(Production of Evil);
painfulness,
etc.
830;
evil doer,
etc.
913.
outrage,
wrong,
injury,
foul play;
bad turn,
ill turn;
disservice,
spoliation
etc.
791;
grievance,
crying evil.
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Roget 649:
hurtfulness
etc.
adj.;
virulence.
evil doer
etc.
913;
bane
etc.
663;
plague spot
etc.
(insalubrity)
657;
evil star,
ill wind;
hoodoo;
Jonah;
snake in the grass,
skeleton in the closet;
amari aliquid [Lat.],
thorn in the side.
malignity;
malevolence
etc.
907;
tender mercies [Iron.].
ill-treatment,
annoyance,
molestation,
abuse,
oppression,
persecution,
outrage;
misusage
etc.
679;
injury
etc.
(damage)
659;
knockout drops [U.S.].
badness
etc.
adj.;
peccancy†,
abomination;
painfulness
etc.
830;
pestilence
etc.
(disease)
655;
guilt
etc.
947;
depravity
etc.
945.
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Roget 663:
bane,
curse;
evil
etc.
619;
hurtfulness
etc.
(badness)
649†;
painfulness
etc.
(cause of pain)
830;
scourge
etc.
(punishment)
975;
damnosa hereditas [Lat.];
white elephant.
sting,
fang,
thorn,
tang,
bramble,
brier,
nettle.
poison,
toxin;
teratogen;
leaven,
virus venom;
arsenic;
antimony,
tartar emetic;
strychnine,
nicotine;
miasma,
miasm†,
mephitis†,
malaria,
azote†,
sewer gas;
pest.
[poisonous substances, examples]
Albany hemp†,
arsenious oxide,
arsenious acid;
bichloride of mercury;
carbonic acid,
carbonic gas;
choke damp,
corrosive sublimate,
fire damp;
hydrocyanic acid,
cyanide,
Prussic acid,
hydrogen cyanide;
marsh gas,
nux vomica [Lat.],
ratsbane†.
[poisonous plants]
hemlock,
hellebore,
nightshade,
belladonna,
henbane,
aconite;
banewort†,
bhang,
ganja†,
hashish;
Upas tree.
[list of poisonous substances]
Toxline (online).
rust,
worm,
helminth [Med.],
moth,
moth and rust,
fungus,
mildew;
dry rot;
canker,
cankerworm;
cancer;
torpedo;
viper
etc.
(evil doer)
913;
demon
etc.
980.
[Science of poisons]
toxicology.
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Dutch: verderf, Nemesis, anathema, doem, maledictie, nemesis, vervloeking, vloek
Polish: przekleĊstwo
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