virulent

vir·u·lent  (vîry-lnt, vîr-)

adj.

1.

a. Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.

b. Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen.

2. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See Synonyms at poisonous.

3. Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh.

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[Middle English, from Latin vrulentus, from vrus, poison.]

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viru·lence, viru·len·cy n.

viru·lent·ly adv.

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virulent [ˈvɪrʊlənt]

adj

1. (Medicine / Pathology)

a.  (of a microorganism) extremely infective

b.  (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

2. extremely poisonous, injurious, etc.

3. extremely bitter, hostile, etc.

[from Latin vīrulentus full of poison, from vīrus poison; see virus]

virulently  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	virulent - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" venomous, deadly toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
	2.	virulent - infectious; having the ability to cause disease avirulent - not virulent; unable to produce disease
	3.	virulent - harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" acid, blistering, caustic, vitriolic, sulfurous, sulphurous, acrid, acerb, acerbic, bitter unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

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virulent

adjective

1. vicious, vindictive, bitter, hostile, malicious, resentful, acrimonious, malevolent, spiteful, venomous, rancorous, splenetic, envenomed A virulent personal campaign is being waged against him.
vicious kind, warm, sympathetic, benign, compassionate, amiable, magnanimous

2. deadly, lethal, toxic, poisonous, malignant, pernicious, venomous, septic, infective, injurious, baneful (archaic) A virulent form of the disease has appeared in Belgium.
deadly harmless, innocuous, nontoxic, nonpoisonous

Translations

virulent [ˈvɪrʊlənt] ADJ (Med) (also fig) → virulento

virulent [ˈvɪrjʊlənt] adj

[attack, opposition, loathing] → virulent(e)

[disease, poison] → virulent(e)

virulent

adj

(Med) → bösartig; poison → stark, tödlich

(fig: = vicious) attack, speech, critic, opponent → scharf; hatred → unversöhnlich; colour → grell

virulent [ˈvɪrʊlənt] adj (frm) → virulento/a