Pestilent Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Pestilent

Meaning 1 : likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

    Example : a pestilential malignancy in the air

    Synonyms : pestiferous,  pestilential,  plaguey
Meaning 2 : exceedingly harmful

    Synonyms : baneful,  deadly,  pernicious


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