Bane and Pleasure

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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

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Pleasure is an antonym for bane in topics: plague, cause of misery.

Nearby Words: banal, baneful

Pleasure noun - The feeling experienced when one's wishes are met.

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Bane is an antonym for pleasure.

particular	particular bane	particular pleasure
true	true bane	true pleasure
open	open bane	open pleasure
real	real bane	real pleasure
Other adjectives: evil, personal, unique, eternal, greatest.

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