adj
Meaning 1
Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pestilent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Annoying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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adj
Meaning 3
Harmful to morals or public order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease- Jonathan Swift
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a pestilential malignancy in the air
- plaguey fevers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
exceedingly harmful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baneful, deadly, pernicious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin pestilens, from Latin pestis.