Pestilential
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃi.əl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pestilential is an adjective meaning Of or relating to pestilence or plague.
Meaning
Of or relating to pestilence or plague.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Having a harmful moral effect (especially one that is believed to spread in the manner of pestilence).
- (figurative) Causing irritation or annoyance.
Example Sentences
these ostensibly pestilential visits from Mumsey
There’s the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs […] They’d none of ’em be missed!
But as the Poisons of the deadliest kind Are to their own unhappy Coasts confin’d, […] So Presby’try and Pestilential Zeal Can only flourish in a Common-weal.
“You are right that Authority must go. It is ridiculous—pestilential, not to be borne—that we should be ruled by an irresponsible dictator in all our essential economy!”
Synonyms for pestilential
Depending on context, synonyms include pernicious, annoying, irritating, pestiferous, pestilent, troublesome.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epidemic, plaguey, pestilent, miasmata, pestological, loimic.
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