About The Word Pestilential
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Pestilential
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What's The Definition Of Pestilential?
[adj] likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pestilential: epidemic | pestilent | plaguelike | plaguey Related Terms | Find terms related to Pestilential: See Also | Pestilential In Webster's Dictionary \Pes`ti*len"tial\, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. ``Sends
the pestilential vapors.'' --Longfellow.
2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally
destructive.
So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin.
--Jer. Taylor.
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