Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "bane" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

boon

Derived Terms

Austrian leopard's bane a boon and a bane a boon or a bane bane of someone's existence bane of someone's life baneberry baneful banewort bollan bane boon and bane boon or bane bugbane common dogbane counter-bane cowbane dog bane dogbane dogs-bane embane fleabane fly-trap dogbane flybane fool-bane foxbane goat's-bane goosebane hare's-bane hog's bane horsebane leopard's bane leopardsbane libbard's bane oxbane panthersbane ratsbane sowbane spreading dogbane tippler's bane wolf's bane wolfsbane

Context

scotland

Has Property

dangerous or destructive

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

affliction

Type Of (IsA)

affliction comics character

Related Terms

affliction bone curse death destruction disease kill killer misery murderer plant poison rot sheep

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.