- bane
- n1. ruin, ruination, destruction, death, disaster, tragedy, evil; calamity, mishap, injury, harm; detriment, wrong, trouble, nuisance, pest, spoiler; plague, scourge, curse, nightmare* Fr. bete noire.2. bale, misery, woe, sorrow, grief, dolor, anguish, despair; pain, distress, affliction, torment.3. poison, toxicant, toxin, venom; contamination, pollution, taint, infection, virus.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.