bane /bān/

1. A source or cause of evil, misery, etc
2. Poison
3. Destruction, death
4. Mischief, harm (archaic)

1. To harm (archaic)
2. To poison (Shakespeare)

baneˈful adjective

1. Destructive
2. Pernicious
3. Poisonous

baneˈfully adverb

baneˈfulness noun

baneˈberry noun

1. A black poisonous berry, the fruit of the ranunculaceous plant Actaea spicata
2. The plant itself

the bane of one's life

Something which causes one enormous trouble or misery

• give someone beans
• give someone best
• give someone five
• give someone gyp
• give someone hell
• give someone her due
• give someone her head
• give someone his due
• give someone his head
• give someone his kale through the reek
• give someone laldie
• give someone rope
• give someone stick
• give someone the bird
• give someone the bum's rush
• give someone the come-on
• give someone the finger
• give someone the lie
• give someone the lie in her throat
• give someone the lie in his throat
• give someone the pip
• give someone the slip
• give someone the works
• give something a miss
• give something a whirl