Search Result:pestilent
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋpєstLәnt 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊpestilәnt 〕
Overview of adj pestilent
The adj pestilent has 2 senses
- baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent -- (exceedingly harmful)
- pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey -- (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers")