Pestilential

  • 11pestilential — pestilentially, adv. pestilentialness, n. /pes tl en sheuhl/, adj. 1. producing or tending to produce pestilence. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague. 3. pernicious; harmful. 4. annoyingly troublesome. [1350 1400; …

    Universalium

  • 12pestilential — adjective Producing pestilence or plague; pestilent …

    Wiktionary

  • 13pestilential — Relating to or tending to produce a pestilence. SYN: pestiferous. * * * pes·ti·len·tial .pes tə len chəl adj 1) causing or tending to cause pestilence 2) of or relating to pestilence * * * pes·ti·len·tial (pes″tĭ lenґshəl) of the… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 14pestilenţiál — adj. m. (sil. ţi al), pl. pestilenţiáli, f. sg. pestilenţiálã, pl. pestilenţiále …

    Romanian orthography

  • 15pestilential — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Deadly] Syn. infectious, pestiferous, malignant; see dangerous 1 , 2 , deadly . 2. [Harmful] Syn. destructive, troublesome, contaminating; see harmful . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Extremely destructive or… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16pestilential — pes|ti|len|tial [ˌpestıˈlenʃəl] adj also pes|ti|lent [ˈpestılənt] 1.) literary extremely unpleasant and annoying 2.) old use causing disease …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17pestilential — pes·ti·len·tial || ‚pestɪ lenʃl adj. deadly, fatal; contagious, infectious …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18pestilential — adjective 1》 relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases. 2》 of the nature of a pest.     ↘informal annoying …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19pestilential — a. 1. Infectious, contagious, catching, malignant, poisonous, pestilent. 2. Pestiferous, pest bearing. 3. Mischievous, destructive, ruinous, deadly, pernicious …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 20pestilential — adj See pestilent(defs. 1 3) …

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