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
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
How words are described
| titular | titular bane | titular felicity |
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