Defenition of the word pestilent

• Defenition of the word pestilent

  • Exceedingly harmful.
  • exceedingly harmful
  • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers"
  • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
  • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

Synonyms for the word pestilent

• • annoying
  • baneful
  • bothersome
  • bug-ridden
  • contaminated
  • deadly
  • diseased
  • fatal
  • highly contagious
  • infected
  • infested
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • killer
  • lethal
  • pernicious
  • pesky
  • pestilential
  • plague-ridden
  • plaguelike
  • plaguey
  • polluted
  • troublesome
  • virulent

Similar words in the pestilent

• • epidemic
  • harmful
  • noxious
  • pestilent

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