Bane and Felicity

Bane

Bane noun - A source of harm or misfortune.
Usage example: regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane, the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest

Felicity is an antonym for bane.

Nearby Words: banal, baneful

Felicity

Felicity noun - Something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing.
Usage example: the elderly couple counted their grandchildren as their most cherished felicities

Bane is an antonym for felicity.

How words are described

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