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pestilential [ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl] adj
1. dangerous or troublesome; harmful or annoying 2. (Medicine / Pathology) of, causing, or resembling pestilence pestilentially adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
pestilential adjective 1. infectious, catching, contaminated, poisonous, malignant, contagious, noxious, venomous, disease-ridden, pestiferous a pestilential disease 2. deadly, dangerous, evil, foul, destructive, harmful, hazardous, detrimental, pernicious, ruinous, deleterious, injurious the pestilential grey squirrel Translations 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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Only a few scattered huts could be seen through the pestilential mists; but the appearance of the country soon changed, for it often happens in Africa that some of the unhealthiest districts lie close beside others that are perfectly salubrious. I have a notion, and more than a notion, that I shall never pass back alive through these pestilential swamps. He consigned them to red regions; he called upon the pestilential wrath of strange gods. |
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