bane /bān/

1. A source or cause of evil, misery, etc
2. Poison
3. Destruction, death
4. Mischief, harm (archaic)

1. To harm (archaic)
2. To poison (Shakespeare)

baneˈful adjective

1. Destructive
2. Pernicious
3. Poisonous

baneˈfully adverb

baneˈfulness noun

baneˈberry noun

1. A black poisonous berry, the fruit of the ranunculaceous plant Actaea spicata
2. The plant itself

the bane of one's life

Something which causes one enormous trouble or misery

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