Definition of pestilent Pestilent
pes•ti•lent
We found 7 definitions of pestilent from 4 different sources.
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What does pestilent mean?
WordNet
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| pestilent - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" | ||
| pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey | ||
| epidemic (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza" | ||
| pestilent - exceedingly harmful | ||
| baneful, deadly, pernicious | ||
| noxious injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pestilent (a.)
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
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pestilent
Exceedingly harmful.
