Pestiferous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

contaminated with infecting organisms; ; - Jane Austen

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɛstˈɪfɚɹəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pɛstˈɪfəɹəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɛstˈɪfəɹəs/

4 syllables Say it as /pɛstˈɪfɚɹəs/.

Examples

dirty wounds
obliged to go into infected rooms
a pestilential malignancy in the air

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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

Parts of Speech

adjective	contaminated with infecting organisms; ; - Jane Austen “dirty wounds”
adjective	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift “a pestilential malignancy in the air”
adjective	tending to corrupt or pervert
adjective	causing irritation or annoyance “tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”

Word Forms

dirtiness	noun	the state of being unsanitary
pestilence	noun	any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague	noun	any epidemic disease with a high death rate
corrupt	verb	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert	verb	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schädlingsbekämpfend

mit infektiösen Organismen kontaminiert; ; - Jane Austen

🇫🇷French

pestilentiel

contaminé par des organismes infectieux; ; -Jane Austen

🇪🇸Spanish

pestífero

contaminado con organismos infecciosos; ; -Jane Austen

🇮🇹Italian

pestifero

contaminato da organismi infettanti; ; - Jane Austen

🇳🇱Dutch

pestachtig

besmet met infecterende organismen; ; -Jane Austen

🇵🇹Portuguese

pestífero

contaminado com organismos infectantes; ; -Jane Austen

🇷🇺Russian

чумной

загрязненные инфекционными организмами; ; - Джейн Остин

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनिष्टकारक

संक्रामक जीवों से दूषित; ; - जेन ऑस्टिन

🇧🇩Bengali

কীটনাশক

সংক্রামক জীব দ্বারা দূষিত; ; - জেন অস্টেন

🇮🇳Tamil

பூச்சிக்கொல்லி

தொற்று உயிரினங்களால் மாசுபட்டது; ; - ஜேன் ஆஸ்டன்

🇮🇳Telugu

చీడపురుగు

సంక్రమించే జీవులతో కలుషితమైన; ; - జేన్ ఆస్టెన్

🇮🇳Marathi

जंतुनाशक

संक्रमित जीवांपासून दूषित; ; - जेन ऑस्टेन

🇮🇳Gujarati

જંતુનાશક

ચેપી જીવોથી દૂષિત; ; - જેન ઓસ્ટેન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೀಟನಾಶಕ

ಸೋಂಕಿತ ಜೀವಿಗಳಿಂದ ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಂಡಿದೆ; ; - ಜೇನ್ ಆಸ್ಟೆನ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

കീടനാശിനി

അണുബാധയുള്ള ജീവികൾ കൊണ്ട് മലിനമായത്; ; - ജെയ്ൻ ഓസ്റ്റിൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੀਟਨਾਸ਼ਕ

ਲਾਗ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੀਵਾਣੂਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਦੂਸ਼ਿਤ; ; - ਜੇਨ ਆਸਟਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

کیڑے مارنے والا

متاثرہ حیاتیات سے آلودہ؛ ; - جین آسٹن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

瘟疫的

被感染生物体污染； ; ——简·奥斯汀

🇯🇵Japanese

有害な

感染性微生物で汚染されている。 ; - ジェーン・オースティン

🇰🇷Korean

성가신

감염 유기체로 오염됨; ; - 제인 오스틴

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có hại

bị nhiễm sinh vật lây nhiễm; ; - Jane Austen

🇹🇭Thai

น่ารังเกียจ

ปนเปื้อนสิ่งมีชีวิตที่ติดเชื้อ ; - เจน ออสเตน

🇮🇩Indonesian

membahayakan

terkontaminasi dengan organisme yang menginfeksi; ; -Jane Austen

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakasakit

kontaminado ng mga nakakahawang organismo; ; - Jane Austen

🇲🇾Malay

berbau busuk

tercemar dengan organisma yang menjangkiti; ; - Jane Austen

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

موبوء

ملوثة بالكائنات الحية المسببة للعدوى. ; - جين أوستن

🇮🇷Persian

آفت زا

آلوده به ارگانیسم های آلوده؛ ; - جین آستن

🇹🇷Turkish

zararlı

enfekte edici organizmalarla kontamine olmuş; ; -Jane Austen

🇮🇱Hebrew

מזיק

מזוהם באורגניזמים מדביקים; ; - ג'יין אוסטן

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