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pestilent meaning and definition
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Definition of pestilent (adjective)
- exceedingly harmful
- synonyms: baneful, deadly, pernicious
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
- "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
- synonyms: pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey
Source: Princeton University Wordnet