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BANE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BANE?

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Need another word that means the same as “bane”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “bane” in this overview.

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Bane as a Noun
Definitions of "Bane" as a noun
Synonyms of "Bane" as a noun (10 Words)
Usage Examples of "Bane" as a noun
Associations of "Bane" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Bane” are: curse, nemesis, scourge, ruin, death, plague, ruination, destruction, poison, toxin

Bane as a Noun

Definitions of "Bane" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bane” as a noun can have the following definitions:

Something, especially poison, which causes death.
Something causing misery or death.
A cause of great distress or annoyance.

Synonyms of "Bane" as a noun (10 Words)

curse	A severe affliction. At every blow there was a curse.
death	The personification of death. He had two deaths on his conscience.
destruction	A cause of someone’s ruin. The wanton destruction* of human life.*
nemesis	Retributive justice. One risks nemesis* by uttering such words.*
plague	A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium typically with the formation of buboes bubonic plague and sometimes infection of the lungs pneumonic plague. A plague* of locusts.*
poison	Anything that harms or destroys. The poison* of fascism.*
ruin	A ruined building. The financial cost could mean ruin.
ruination	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. Commercial malpractice causes the ruination* of thousands of people.*
scourge	A person who inspires fear or dread. The scourge* of mass unemployment.*
toxin	A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.

Usage Examples of "Bane" as a noun

The bane of my life.
The telephone was the bane of my life.

Associations of "Bane" (30 Words)

affray	Noisy quarrel. A person guilty of affray.
afraid	Worried that something undesirable will occur or be done. Afraid of hard work.
alarm	An alarm clock. I set my alarm* for 6 30.*
appall	Strike with disgust or revulsion.
blooming	The organic process of bearing flowers. It s a blooming* good read.*
claustrophobia	Extreme or irrational fear of confined places. The small stuffy room had begun to give him claustrophobia.
daunt	Cause to lose courage. Some people are daunted by technology.
devastate	Overwhelm or overpower. She was devastated by the loss of Damian.
dishearten	Take away the enthusiasm of. The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops.
doldrums	An equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds. Hurricane Verity had been born in the doldrums.
dread	Greatly feared dreadful. Jane was dreading the party.
fear	Regard (God) with reverence and awe. We should not fear* the Communists.*
fright	Frighten. The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. The savagery of his thoughts frightened him.
frightening	Causing fear or dread or terror. A frightening* experience.*
hijacking	An act of unlawfully seizing an aircraft, vehicle, or ship while in transit; a hijack. He was involved in a hijacking* in 1981.*
horror	Something that inspires horror something horrible. The mere thought of it gives me the horrors.
intimidate	To compel or deter by or as if by threats. Her boss intimidates her.
menace	A person or thing that causes trouble or annoyance. A new initiative aimed at beating the menace* of drugs.*
nemesis	Retributive justice. Injury consistently his nemesis* struck him down during the match.*
overawe	Impress (someone) so much that they are silent or inhibited. The eleven year old was overawed by the atmosphere.
panic	Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. She hit him in panic.
petrify	Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern. Slogans petrify* our thinking.*
rival	Be the rival of be in competition with. He has no serious rival* for the job.*
scare	Become scared. Gosh that gave me a scare.
scourge	Punish severely; excoriate. Our people did scourge* him severely.*
terrify	Fill with terror; frighten greatly. She was terrified he would drop her.
terrifying	Causing extreme fear. A terrifying* wail.*
terror	Terrorism. People fled in terror.
threat	A warning that something unpleasant is imminent. Thousands of rail freight jobs came under threat.