BANE Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

bane

noun

ˈbān

Definition of bane

as in curse

a source of harm or misfortune regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane, the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest

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as in poison

a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing a plant that is believed to be the bane of the wolf

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Recent Examples of bane Thankfully, the in-room fax machines that were the bane of Bob Harris’ existence are long gone, too. — Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 This fungal disease is the bane of rose gardeners everywhere, particularly in humid climates. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026 Karen Fukuhara, who plays the regenerating supe Kimiko, said her final scene was with Erin Moriarty and Karl Urban (who plays Billy Butcher, leader and sometimes bane of The Boys). — ABC News, 20 May 2026 Triangle-shaped, prolific, and ever-challenging to manage, nutsedge is a bane to many gardeners’ existences because the underground nutlets formed within its roots establish new plants for every single plant that grows. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bane

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bane

Noun

King portrays her older daughter, Kylie, who sets out to break the family’s curse, and Williams steps into the shoes of the younger daughter, Antonia.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
But the Owens family’s 300-year-old curse carries one generation forward, striking Sally’s daughter Kylie and her lover (Xolo Maridueña), who gets hit by a car while bicycling with several bouquets of roses.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of curse

Noun

Her nemesis is Alice Black (Emmy Rossum), a former police detective now answering phones for the FBI.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
The Kansas City Royals tangled with a familiar nemesis for perhaps the final time inside the American League Central.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

Definition of nemesis

Noun

DeepMind’s AlphaFold, for example, has used to AI to make available new structures for more than 200 million proteins, opening new pathways for research into disease and medicine.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The lab got its start with studies of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the 1900s, when ranchers and cattle were dying from the then-unknown disease.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of disease

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In late May, about 50,000 people in Orange County were evacuated because, at a Garden Grove site operated by GKN Aerospace, tanks holding a volatile hazardous chemical called methyl methacrylate were at risk of exploding or leaking toxics.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Munoz is an independent toxicologist working in collaboration with MAHA against pesticides and toxics.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 10 July 2026