Synonyms for pestiferous
pɛˈstɪf ər əs

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1. dirty, pestiferous(adj)

   contaminated with infecting organisms

   "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

   Synonyms:
   vexatious, soiled, pestilent, unsporting, irritating, unsportsmanlike, lousy, dingy, vexing, filthy, teasing, galling, cheating(a), plaguy, bothersome, unclean, plaguey, corruptive, marked-up, ill-gotten, pesky, pestering, foul, contaminating, nettlesome, annoying, sordid, pestilential, perversive, dirty, muddy, muddied

   Antonyms:
   endemical, ecdemic, endemic, agreeable, good, antiseptic

2. pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey(adj)

   likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

   "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"

   Synonyms:
   pestilent, pernicious, corruptive, teasing, nettlesome, vexing, baneful, galling, dirty, plaguy, bothersome, plaguey, vexatious, deadly, pesky, pestering, annoying, pestilential, perversive, irritating

   Antonyms:
   ecdemic, agreeable, endemical, endemic, antiseptic, good

3. corruptive, perversive, pestiferous(adj)

   tending to corrupt or pervert

   Synonyms:
   pestilent, annoying, corruptive, plaguy, vexing, teasing, galling, dirty, bothersome, plaguey, vexatious, pesky, nettlesome, pestering, pestilential, perversive, irritating

   Antonyms:
   antiseptic, agreeable, good, ecdemic, endemical, endemic

4. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing(adj)

   causing irritation or annoyance

   "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

   Synonyms:
   irritating, exasperating, corruptive, pestilential, petulant, bothersome, mocking, galling, pestilent, cranky, perversive, pesky, scratchy, pettish, nettlesome, dirty, vexing, painful, irritable, plaguey, quizzical, peevish, irritative, plaguy, maddening, infuriating, annoying, tetchy, testy, fractious, techy, vexatious, pestering, peckish, teasing

   Antonyms:
   endemic, agreeable, good, ecdemic, antiseptic, endemical

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1. pestiferous(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   pestilent

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1. pestiferous

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

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1. pestiferous

   Synonyms:
   insalubrious, pestilential, deleterious, mephitic, virulent, mortiferous, infectious, contagious, catching, lethal, morbific

   Antonyms:
   genial, salubrious, balmy, salutiferous, sanitary, innocuous, remedial, wholesome, nutritive, pure, sanative, disinfectant

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1. pestiferous(a.)

   Synonyms:
   PESTILENTIAL

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1. pestiferous(a)

   Synonyms:
   infectious, contagious, pestilential, noxious, noisome

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1. pestiferous

   Synonyms:
   Pestilential

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