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pes·ti·lent
 pestilent
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- pronunciation:
- pe
st
lnt
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
causing or tending to cause epidemic disease or death; pestilential or fatal.
- synonyms:
- pestilential
- similar words:
- contagious, deadly, fatal, lethal, noxious, poison, poisonous, virulent
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| definition 2: |
tending to cause moral or public injury; pernicious.
- synonyms:
- noxious, pernicious, poisonous
- similar words:
- corrupting, dangerous, detrimental, evil, iniquitous, injurious, malignant, poison
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| definition 3: |
annoying or displeasing; pesky.
- synonyms:
- vexatious
- similar words:
- annoying, irritating, mischievous, troublesome, wicked
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| related words: |
deadly, evil, fatal, infectious, lethal |
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| derivation: |
pestilently (adv.) |
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