pestilential
Use Pestilential in a sentence
tlˈɛn adjective
1.
producing or tending to produce pestilence.
2.
pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, especially bubonic plague.
3.
pernicious; harmful.
4.
annoyingly troublesome.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To pestilential
00:10
Pestilential
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
pestilential (ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | dangerous or troublesome; harmful or annoying |
| 2. | of, causing, or resembling pestilence |
| pesti'lentially | |
| —adv | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
pestilential pes·ti·len·tial (pěs'tə-lěn'shəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or tending to produce a pestilence.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Keep in mind that it is basic elements of their culture that make them pestilential.
Then, it was pestilential fevers: the idea was indirectly admitted in an adjective.
Related Searches
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
