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pestilent

adjective

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
P
Ends with
T
Contains
ES
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈpɛstələnt

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

    “{'source': 'Jonathan Swift', 'text': 'a pestilential malignancy in the air'}”

adjective

  1. exceedingly harmful

In context

Example Sentences

{'source': 'Jonathan Swift', 'text': 'a pestilential malignancy in the air'}
plaguey fevers

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