virulent

vir·u·lent

V0118000 (vîr′yə-lənt, vîr′ə-)adj.1. a. Characterized by, causing, or promoting the rapid onset of severe illness. Used of a disease or toxin.b. Capable of causing disease by aggressively interfering with the immune system of the host. Used of a pathogen.2. Extremely hostile or malicious: virulent criticism; a virulent bigot.

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[Middle English, from Latin vīrulentus, from vīrus, poison.]

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vir′u·lence, vir′u·len·cy n.vir′u·lent·ly adv.

virulent

(ˈvɪrʊlənt) adj1. (Pathology) a. (of a microorganism) extremely infectiveb. (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect2. extremely poisonous, injurious, etc3. extremely bitter, hostile, etc[C14: from Latin vīrulentus full of poison, from vīrus poison; see virus] ˈvirulently adv

vir•u•lent

(ˈvɪr yə lənt, ˈvɪr ə-)

adj. 1. actively poisonous; intensely noxious. 2. highly infective: a virulent disease. 3. violently or spitefully hostile. 4. intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious. [1350–1400; Middle English verulent < Latin vīrulentus=vīr(us) poison] vir′u•lent•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	virulent - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"venomous, deadlytoxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
	2.	virulent - infectious; having the ability to cause diseaseavirulent - not virulent; unable to produce disease
	3.	virulent - harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"acid, blistering, caustic, vitriolic, sulfurous, sulphurous, acrid, acerb, acerbic, bitterunpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

virulent

adjective1. vicious, vindictive, bitter, hostile, malicious, resentful, acrimonious, malevolent, spiteful, venomous, rancorous, splenetic, envenomed A virulent personal campaign is being waged against him.
vicious kind, warm, sympathetic, benign, compassionate, amiable, magnanimous2. deadly, lethal, toxic, poisonous, malignant, pernicious, venomous, septic, infective, injurious, baneful (archaic) A virulent form of the disease has appeared in Belgium.
deadly harmless, innocuous, nontoxic, nonpoisonous

virulent

adjective1. Extremely destructive or harmful:baneful, deadly, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential.2. Capable of injuring or killing by poison:mephitic, mephitical, poison, poisonous, toxic, toxicant, venomous.3. Bitingly hostile:acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful.

Translations

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