Pernicious vs Flagrant - What's the difference?
pernicious | flagrant | Related terms |
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
* 1911 , ,
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
* 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
(archaic) On fire, flaming.
Pernicious is a related term of flagrant.
As adjectives the difference between pernicious and flagrant
is that pernicious is causing much harm in a subtle way while flagrant is obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous or flagrant can be (obsolete).pernicious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Puritanism no longer employs the thumbscrew and lash; but it still has a most pernicious hold on the minds and feelings of the American people.
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* perniciousness * perniciouslyAnagrams
*flagrant
English
Alternative forms
* flagraunt (qualifier)Etymology 1
From (etyl) flagrant, from (etyl) flagrantem, present participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.