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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
pesticide poisoning |
pestiduct |
pestiferous |
pestiferously |
pestilence |
pestilent
| pestilential
| pestilentially
| pestilentious
| pestilently
| pestilentness
pestilent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pestilent has 2 senses
- pestilent(s = adj.all) baneful, deadly, pernicious - exceedingly harmful; Array Derived form noun pestilence3
- pestilent(s = adj.all) pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"; "plaguey fevers" Derived form noun pestilence2
CIDE DICTIONARY
pestilent, a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent.].
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pestilent, adj.
1 destructive to life, deadly.
2 harmful or morally destructive.
3 colloq. troublesome; annoying.
1 destructive to life, deadly.
2 harmful or morally destructive.
3 colloq. troublesome; annoying.
Derivative
pestilently adv.
Etymology
L pestilens, pestilentus f. pestis plague
ROGET THESAURUS
pestilent
Insalubrity
N insalubrity, unhealthiness, nonnaturals, plague spot, malaria, death in the pot, contagion, toxicity, insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome, noxious, noisome, morbific, morbiferous, mephitic, septic, azotic, deleterious, pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential, virulent, venomous, envenomed, poisonous, toxic, toxiferous, teratogenic, narcotic, contagious, infectious, catching, taking, epidemic, zymotic, epizootic, innutritious, indigestible, ungenial, uncongenial, deadly.
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