pestilential

[ pes-tl-en-shuhl ]

/ ˌpɛs tlˈɛn ʃəl /

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adjective

producing or tending to produce pestilence.

pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, especially bubonic plague.

pernicious; harmful.

annoyingly troublesome.

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Origin of pestilential

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word pestilentiālis.See pestilent, -ial

OTHER WORDS FROM pestilential

pes·ti·len·tial·ly, adverbpes·ti·len·tial·ness, nounan·ti·pes·ti·len·tial, adjectivenon·pes·ti·len·tial, adjective

un·pes·ti·len·tial, adjective

Words nearby pestilential

pesthouse, pesticide, pestiferous, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential, pestle, pesto, pesty, pes varus, pet

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How to use pestilential in a sentence

His government believes Scotland's generally pestilential climate can be a "green energy" blessing.
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I long for the day I no longer have to think about this pestilential little locust.
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When switched off to save supply, the result was pestilential odor.
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The graves of thousands of English soldiers had been dug in the pestilential morass of Dundalk.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

Let the following incident witness his sagacity: Pestilential fevers periodically ravaged his native city.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
None but Indians could live and labour and travel habitually, in such a pestilential atmosphere.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844|Various
He died of a pestilential disorder, which, in the course of two days, had carried off nearly 400 men in his camp.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
Like pestilential vapor, the infamy of universal reprobation hung over him.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete|Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for pestilential

pestilential

/ (ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl) /

adjective

dangerous or troublesome; harmful or annoying

of, causing, or resembling pestilence

Derived forms of pestilential

pestilentially, adverb

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Medical definitions for pestilential

pestilential

[ pĕs′tə-lĕn′shəl ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or tending to produce a pestilence.

pestilential

Origin of pestilential

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