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   Pes·ti·len·tial

   /ˌpestəˈlen(t)SHəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases: "you shouldn't be out on a pestilential night like this" Similar plaguelikecontagiouscommunicableepidemicpestilentdangerousinjuriousharmfuldestructivevirulentpernicioustoxicvenomousmalignfataldeadlyinformal:catchingliterary:pestiferous
   • ▪ (of a plant or animal) very widespread and troublesome: "a pestilential weed"
   • ▪ annoying: "what a pestilential man!" Similar annoyingirritatinginfuriatingexasperatingmaddeningtroublesomebothersometiresomeirksomevexingvexatiousinformal:aggravatingpeskyinfernalpestiferousplaguypestilent

   Derivatives

   • 1. pestilentially adverb

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