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Synonyms for pestiferous
pɛˈstɪf ər əs
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Princeton's WordNet
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, muddiedAntonyms:
endemical, ecdemic, endemic, agreeable, good, antisepticpestilent, 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, irritatingAntonyms:
ecdemic, agreeable, endemical, endemic, antiseptic, goodcorruptive, 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, irritatingAntonyms:
antiseptic, agreeable, good, ecdemic, endemical, endemicannoying, 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, teasingAntonyms:
endemic, agreeable, good, ecdemic, antiseptic, endemical
Wiktionary
pestiferous(adjective)
Synonyms:
pestilent
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pestiferous
Synonyms:
insalubrious, pestilential, deleterious, mephitic, virulent, mortiferous, infectious, contagious, catching, lethal, morbificAntonyms:
genial, salubrious, balmy, salutiferous, sanitary, innocuous, remedial, wholesome, nutritive, pure, sanative, disinfectant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pestiferous(a.)
Synonyms:
PESTILENTIAL
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pestiferous(a)
Synonyms:
infectious, contagious, pestilential, noxious, noisome
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
pestiferous
Synonyms:
Pestilential
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#841 | bad | |
#3009 | evil | |
#4328 | dirty | |
#8855 | infectious | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#11121 | catching | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#13724 | lethal | |
#18321 | muddy | |
#19359 | filthy | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#21074 | teasing | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#24941 | lousy | |
#26169 | contagious | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#30182 | cranky | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#34388 | mocking | |
#34818 | pesky | |
#35691 | soiled | |
#37000 | unclean | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43797 | virulent | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#46948 | bothersome | |
#47520 | sordid | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#58167 | contaminating | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#59577 | scratchy | |
#66520 | maddening | |
#70924 | techy | |
#74214 | testy | |
#74824 | infuriating | |
#78530 | vexing | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#89995 | vexatious | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#101981 | galling | |
#102921 | quizzical | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#104208 | unsportsmanlike | |
#108040 | pestering | |
#111300 | exasperating | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#135003 | muddied | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#190598 | unsporting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#245384 | pestilent | |
#264537 | pestilential | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#299977 | corruptive | |
#313326 | irritative | |
#323849 | tetchy |
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