pestiferous
a . 传播疾病的,邪恶的
传播疾病的,邪恶的
pestiferous adj 1 :
contaminated with infecting organisms ; "
dirty wounds ";
"
obliged to go into infected rooms "-
Jane Austen [
synonym :
{
dirty }, {
pestiferous }]
2 :
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease ; "
a pestilential malignancy in the air "-
Jonathan Swift ; "
plaguey fevers " [
synonym : {
pestilent }, {
pestilential }, {
pestiferous },
{
plaguey }]
3 :
tending to corrupt or pervert [
synonym : {
corruptive },
{
perversive }, {
pestiferous }]
4 :
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 " [
synonym : {
annoying },
{
bothersome }, {
galling }, {
irritating }, {
nettlesome }, {
pesky },
{
pestering }, {
pestiferous }, {
plaguy }, {
plaguey }, {
teasing },
{
vexatious }, {
vexing }]
Pestiferous \
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a . [
L .
pestiferus ,
pestifer ;
pestis pest ferre to bear :
cf .
F .
pestif [`
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re .]
1 .
Pest -
bearing ;
pestilential ;
noxious to health ;
malignant ;
infectious ;
contagious ;
as ,
pestiferous bodies . "
Poor ,
pestiferous creatures begging alms ." --
Evelyn .
"
Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations ." --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Noxious to peace ,
to morals ,
or to society ;
vicious ;
hurtful ;
destructive ;
as ,
a pestiferous demagogue .
[
1913 Webster ]
Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pestiferous ":
aggravating ,
annoying ,
bad ,
bad for ,
baneful ,
bothering ,
bothersome ,
catching ,
communicable ,
contagious ,
contaminated ,
deadly ,
destructive ,
disturbing ,
endemic ,
envenomed ,
epidemial ,
epidemic ,
epiphytotic ,
epizootic ,
exasperating ,
foul ,
galling ,
harassing ,
harmful ,
importunate ,
importune ,
infectious ,
infective ,
injurious ,
inoculable ,
insalubrious ,
insanitary ,
irking ,
irksome ,
irritating ,
malign ,
malignant ,
mephitic ,
miasmal ,
miasmatic ,
miasmic ,
morbific ,
noisome ,
noxious ,
pandemic ,
pathogenic ,
peccant ,
pesky ,
pestering ,
pestilent ,
pestilential ,
plaguesome ,
plaguey ,
plaguing ,
poisonous ,
polluted ,
provoking ,
septic ,
sporadic ,
spreading ,
tainted ,
taking ,
teasing ,
tiresome ,
tormenting ,
toxic ,
toxicant ,
toxiferous ,
troublesome ,
troubling ,
unhealthful ,
unhealthy ,
unhygienic ,
unsanitary ,
unwholesome ,
venenate ,
veneniferous ,
venenous ,
venomous ,
vexatious ,
vexing ,
virulent ,
wearisome ,
worrisome ,
worrying ,
zymotic
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