ALL meanings of bane
bane
B b - singular noun bane The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed. 3
- noun bane a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life) 3
- noun bane something that causes death or destruction 3
- noun bane a fatal poison 3
- noun bane (in combination) 3
- noun bane ruin or distress 3
- noun bane deadly harm; ruin; death 3
- noun bane the cause of distress, death, or ruin 3
- noun bane deadly poison 3
- noun bane a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence. 1
- noun bane a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants): wolfsbane; henbane. 1
- noun bane death; destruction; ruin. 1
- noun bane Obsolete. that which causes death or destroys life: entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane. 1
- noun bane A cause of great distress or annoyance. 1
- noun bane source of annoyance 1
- noun bane A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse. 0
- noun bane (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants. 0
- noun bane (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A killer, murderer, slayer. 0
- noun bane (Obsolete (No longer in use)) destruction; death. 0
- noun bane A disease of sheep; the rot. 0
- noun bane (chiefly Scotland) bone. 0
- verb bane (Transitive Verb) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of. 0
- verb bane (Transitive Verb) To be the bane of. 0