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noun
- 1. a cause of great distress or annoyance: "the telephone was the bane of my life"
- 2. something, especially poison, which causes death. archaic
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noun. uk / beɪn / us / beɪn / the bane of something. Add to word list. a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness: Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration. That cat is the bane of my life! Synonyms. curse. scourge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult things and people. a (heavy) cross to bear idiom.
The meaning of BANE is a source of harm or ruin : curse. How to use bane in a sentence.
n. 1. a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life) 2. something that causes death or destruction. 3. a. a fatal poison. b. (in combination): ratsbane. 4. archaic ruin or distress. [Old English bana; related to Old Norse bani death, Old High German bano destruction, death] bane. (ben; beɪn) n.
5 meanings: 1. a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life) 2. something that causes.... Click for more definitions.
noun. us / beɪn / uk / beɪn / the bane of something. Add to word list. a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness: Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration. That cat is the bane of my life! Synonyms. curse. scourge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult things and people. a (heavy) cross to bear idiom.
the bane of somebody/something something that causes trouble and makes people unhappy. The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life. The poor train service has been the bane of commuters for years.
The noun bane refers to anything that is a cause of harm, ruin, or death. But we often use it for things that aren't that bad, just feel like it. You might say mosquitoes are the bane of your existence.
What does the noun bane mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bane , four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
noun. 1. a person or thing that ruins or spoils. Gambling was the bane of his existence. 2. a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants) wolfsbane. henbane. 3. death; destruction; ruin. 4. obsolete.
: a cause of trouble, annoyance, or unhappiness — usually used in the phrase the bane of. The ugly school uniforms were the bane of the students' lives. She was the bane of my existence. [=she made my life very unhappy, difficult, etc.]
