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)
Meaning
6 sensesOf 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)
(figuratively)Having a harmful moral effect (especially one that is believed to spread in the manner of pestilence).
(figuratively)Causing irritation or annoyance.
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Origin
From Latin pestilentialis, from pestilentia.From Latin pestilentialis, from pestilentia.
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Forms
more pestilential, most pestilential| Comparative | more pestilential Lesson |
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| Superlative | most pestilential Lesson |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease:pestilentpestiferousplaguey
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form