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Synonyms & Antonyms of benign
1
not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt
- around campus he's known as a real character, but one whose eccentricities are entirely benign
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- hazardous,
- imperiling
- (or imperilling),
- jeopardizing,
- parlous,
- perilous,
- risky,
- unsafe,
- unsound
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2
not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect
- basking under a benign sun on a day in early spring
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- heavy-handed,
- oppressive,
- pitiless,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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The first known use of benign was in the 14th century
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