Synonyms for pestilent
ˈpɛs tl əntpesti·lent

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1. pestilentadjective

   Synonyms:
   pestiferous

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1. baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilentadjective

   exceedingly harmful

   Synonyms:
   pernicious, pestiferous, deathly, virulent, baneful, venomous, baleful, mortal, insidious, lethal, deadly, plaguey, subtle, pestilential, mortal(a)

   Antonyms:
   endemical, ecdemic, innocuous, endemic

2. pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plagueyadjective

   likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

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

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

   Antonyms:
   endemical, innocuous, ecdemic, endemic

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1. pestilentadjective

   Synonyms:
   pestiferous

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How to use pestilent in a sentence?

1. J. A. Spender:

   'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.