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pestilent |
Overview of adj pestilent The adj pestilent has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent -- (exceedingly harmful) 2. pestilent, pestilential, plaguelike, plaguey -- (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers") Antonyms of adj pestilent 2 senses of pestilent Sense 1 baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent INDIRECT (VIA noxious) -> innocuous, harmless Sense 2 pestilent, pestilential, plaguelike, plaguey INDIRECT (VIA epidemic) -> endemic Similarity of adj pestilent 2 senses of pestilent Sense 1 baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent => noxious (vs. innocuous), harmful Sense 2 pestilent, pestilential, plaguelike, plaguey => epidemic (vs. endemic) Attributes of adj pestilent Familiarity of adj pestilent pestilent used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj pestilent pestilent pestilential Overview of adj pestilent The adj pestilent has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent -- (exceedingly harmful) 2. pestilent, pestilential, plaguelike, plaguey -- (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers")
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