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pestilent [ˈpɛstɪlənt] adj
1. annoying; irritating 2. highly destructive morally or physically; pernicious 3. (Medicine / Pathology) infected with or likely to cause epidemic or infectious disease [from Latin pestilens unwholesome, from pestis plague] pestilently adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations pestilent, pestilential adj → pesterfüllt; (fig: = pernicious) → schädlich, verderblich; (inf: = loathsome) → ekelhaft; a pestilent disease → eine Seuche pestilent [ˈpɛstɪl/ənt] pestilential [ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃ/əl] adj (fam) (exasperating) → pestifero/a pestilent [ˈpɛstɪl/ənt] pestilential [ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃ/əl] adj (fam) (exasperating) → pestifero/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A pestilent conceit, which so often will insist upon obtruding even when beholding the mightiest royal beadle on his throne. Not content with trying to bring you to a bed of sickness, these lickspittles and pestilent old men are trying to bring me to the same. Sea fowls are pecking at the small crabs, shell-fish, and other sea candies and maccaroni, which the Right Whale sometimes carries on his pestilent back. |
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