pestilential
Of or relating to pestilence or plagueOf or relating to pestilence or plague.: Producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection. (of people, animals, places or substances)
Значение
значений: 6Of or relating to pestilence or plague.
Producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection. (of people, animals, places or substances)
1675, John Dryden, The Mistaken Husband, London: J. Magnes and R. Bentley, Act V, p. 63, What do you fear? Why do you shun me thus. […] I am not Pestilential, nor Leaprous.
Spreading in the manner of pestilence. (of illnesses)
Caused by pestilence. (of symptoms)
pestilential fever; pestilential sweating
During which pestilence spreads. (of a period of time)
(переносно)Having a harmful moral effect (especially one that is believed to spread in the manner of pestilence).
(переносно)Causing irritation or annoyance.
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Происхождение
From Latin pestilentialis, from pestilentia.From Latin pestilentialis, from pestilentia.
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Формы
more pestilential, most pestilential| Сравнительная степень | more pestilential Урок |
|---|---|
| Превосходная степень | most pestilential Урок |
правильный
Синонимы
синонимов: 8- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease:pestilentpestiferousplaguey
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 5Уроки к слову
уроков: 2- A2Сравнительная степень — Потому что у него есть сравнительная степень
- A2Превосходная степень — Потому что у него есть превосходная степень