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pestilential
pes·ti·len·tial P0217300 (pĕs′tə-lĕn′shəl)adj. Pestilent.
pes′ti·len′tial·ly adv.pestilential (ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl) adj1. dangerous or troublesome; harmful or annoying2. (Pathology) of, causing, or resembling pestilence ˌpestiˈlentially advpes•ti•len•tial (ˌpɛs tlˈɛn ʃəl)
adj. 1. producing or tending to produce pestilence. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague. 3. harmful or pernicious. 4. annoying or troublesome. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | pestilential - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"plaguey, pestiferous, pestilentepidemic - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza" |
pestilentialadjective1. infectious, catching, contaminated, poisonous, malignant, contagious, noxious, venomous, disease-ridden, pestiferous a pestilential disease2. deadly, dangerous, evil, foul, destructive, harmful, hazardous, detrimental, pernicious, ruinous, deleterious, injurious the pestilential grey squirrelpestilentialadjectiveExtremely destructive or harmful:baneful, deadly, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, virulent.Translations
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pes·ti·len·tial (pes'ti-len'shăl), Relating to or tending to produce a pestilence. Synonym(s): pestiferouspestiferous adjective
(1) Producing an infectious disease; i.e., pathogenic.
(2) Peferring to or causing a pestilence; e.g., epidemic.pes·ti·len·tial (pes-ti-len'shăl) Relating to or tending to produce a pestilence. pestilence (pĕs′tĭl-ĕns) [L. pestilentia] An epidemic contagious disease.pestilential (pĕs-tĭ-lĕn′shăl), adjectivepestilential
Synonyms for pestilentialadj infectiousSynonyms- infectious
- catching
- contaminated
- poisonous
- malignant
- contagious
- noxious
- venomous
- disease-ridden
- pestiferous
adj deadlySynonyms- deadly
- dangerous
- evil
- foul
- destructive
- harmful
- hazardous
- detrimental
- pernicious
- ruinous
- deleterious
- injurious
Synonyms for pestilentialadj extremely destructive or harmfulSynonyms- baneful
- deadly
- malignant
- noxious
- pernicious
- pestilent
- virulent
Synonyms for pestilentialadj likely to spread and cause an epidemic diseaseSynonyms- plaguey
- pestiferous
- pestilent
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