Bane

//beɪn//

Synonyms for "bane" (149 found)

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Noun(3 words)
curseafflictionblight

Strong matches (45)

Noun(2 words)
downfallenemy

Related words (74)

Noun(3 words)
nemesisscourgeundoing

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Translations

69 translations across 22 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δήλημα noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • ὄλεθρος noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Bulgarian

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  • зло noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • напаст noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Catalan

2 entries
  • desgràcia noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • flagell noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Czech

2 entries
  • prokletí noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • trápení noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Danish

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  • bane noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Dutch

3 entries
  • verderf noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • ruïneren verb (to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone))
  • verderven verb (to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone))

Finnish

4 entries
  • kirous noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • maanvaiva noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • riesa noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • vitsaus noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

French

4 entries
  • calamité noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • cauchemar noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • drame noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • fléau noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Galician

3 entries
  • azoute noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • desgraza noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • flaxelo noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

German

3 entries
  • Ruin noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • Verderben noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • ruinieren verb (to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone))

Hungarian

2 entries
  • csapás noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • rontás noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Irish

1 entries
  • urbhaidh noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Italian

4 entries
  • disgrazia noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • flagello noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • piaga noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • rovina noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • зло noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • на́паст noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • про́клетство noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bane noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • bane verb (to cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone))

Persian

1 entries
  • یمان noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • desgraça noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • desventura noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • flagelo noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • maldição noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Russian

4 entries
  • бич noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • ги́бель noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • зло noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • напа́сть noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Spanish

4 entries
  • desgracia noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • maldición noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • perdición noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • quebranto noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bane noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Turkish

2 entries
  • felaket noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • yıkım noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • загибель noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • зло noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • напасть noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)
  • прокляття noun (cause of misery or ruin — see also affliction, nightmare, hardship)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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Unconscionable Love, bane and tormentor of mankind, parent of strife, fountain of tears, source of a thousand ills.

Source: tatoeba (5866992)

Mosquitoes are the bane of my existence.

Source: tatoeba (6118377)

But she had heard, how men of Trojan seed / those Tyrian towers should level, how again / from these in time a nation should proceed, / wide-ruling, tyrannous in war, the bane / (so Fate was working) of the Libyan reign.

Source: tatoeba (6778875)

This cat is the bane of my life.

Source: tatoeba (6954711)

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