Pestilent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

exceedingly harmful

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛstɪlənt/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛstɪlənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛstɪlənt/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɛstɪlənt/.

Examples

a pestilential malignancy in the air
plaguey fevers

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deadly pestilential pernicious plaguey baneful pestiferous

Parts of Speech

adjective	exceedingly harmful
adjective	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift “a pestilential malignancy in the air”

Word Forms

deadliness	noun	the quality of being deadly
perniciousness	noun	grave harmfulness or deadliness
pestilence	noun	a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
plague	noun	any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Pest

überaus schädlich

🇫🇷French

pestilentiel

extrêmement nocif

🇪🇸Spanish

pestífero

extremadamente dañino

🇮🇹Italian

pestilenziale

estremamente dannoso

🇵🇹Portuguese

pestilento

extremamente prejudicial

🇷🇺Russian

губительный

чрезвычайно вреден

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विनाशक

अत्यधिक हानिकारक

🇧🇩Bengali

মড়ক

অত্যন্ত ক্ষতিকর

🇮🇳Tamil

கொள்ளைநோய்

மிகவும் தீங்கு விளைவிக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

తెగులు

అత్యంత హానికరం

🇮🇳Marathi

रोगकारक

अत्यंत हानिकारक

🇮🇳Gujarati

રોગચાળો

અતિશય હાનિકારક

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೋಗಗ್ರಸ್ತ

ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മഹാമാരി

അത്യന്തം ഹാനികരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਹਾਮਾਰੀ

ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਨੁਕਸਾਨਦੇਹ

🇵🇰Urdu

مہلک

انتہائی نقصان دہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

瘟疫的

极其有害

🇯🇵Japanese

疫病の

極めて有害な

🇰🇷Korean

성가신

매우 해롭다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sâu bệnh

cực kỳ có hại

🇹🇭Thai

โรคระบาด

เป็นอันตรายอย่างยิ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

berbisa

sangat berbahaya

🇵🇭Filipino

salot

lubhang nakakapinsala

🇲🇾Malay

wabak

amat memudaratkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مبيد

ضارة للغاية

🇮🇷Persian

آفت زا

فوق العاده مضر

🇹🇷Turkish

zararlı

son derece zararlı

🇮🇱Hebrew

מציק

מזיק ביותר

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