Found 2 items, similar to pestilential.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pestilential
pestilential
adj : likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;
“a
pestilential malignancy in the air”- Jonathan Swift;
“plaguey fevers” [syn:
pestilent,
pestiferous,
plaguey]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pestilential
Pestilential
\Pes`ti*len"tial\, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.
“Sends
the pestilential vapors.” --Longfellow.
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2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally
destructive.
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So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin.
--Jer. Taylor.
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