virulent
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
venomous snakes
Related & opposite
- deadliness derivation
- virulence derivation
- venom derivation
- toxic similar to
Sense 2 adjective
infectious; having the ability to cause disease
Related & opposite
- avirulent antonym
- virulence derivation
- highly infective similar to
- deadly similar to
Sense 3 adjective
harsh or corrosive in tone
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
Related & opposite
- acrimony derivation
- virulence derivation
- acridness derivation
- vituperation derivation
- unpleasant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadliness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | virulence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | venom |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | toxic |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | avirulent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | virulence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | highly infective |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | deadly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acrimony |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | virulence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acridness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vituperation |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpleasant |