Hyphenation of pernicious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pernicious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

per-ni-cious

Definitions of pernicious:

1.	Exceedingly harmful
2.	Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way Glaucoma is an insidious disease A subtle poison

Synonyms of pernicious:

adj	baneful, deadly, pestilent, noxious, harmful
adj	insidious, subtle, harmful

Last hyphenations of this language

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