pestiferous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
contaminated with infecting organisms
dirty wounds
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Sense 2 adjective
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
a pestilential malignancy in the air
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Sense 3 adjective
tending to corrupt or pervert
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Sense 4 adjective
causing irritation or annoyance
tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
Related & opposite
- plague derivation
- disagreeable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dirtiness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | septic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pest |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | epidemic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | debauch |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | disagreeable |