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pestiferous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pestiferous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pestiferous [ a.]
- Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
- Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.

Meaning of 'pestiferous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pestiferous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing irritation or annoyance
Example in sentence:
  • a pesky mosquito;
  • a plaguey newfangled safety catch;
  • a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him;
  • a vexatious child;
  • aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport;
  • an irritating delay;
  • found it galling to have to ask permission;
  • it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong;
  • nettlesome paperwork;
  • swarms of pestering gnats;
  • tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
Meaning (2):
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Example in sentence:
  • a pestilential malignancy in the air;
  • plaguey fevers
Meaning (3):
- contaminated with infecting organisms
Example in sentence:
  • dirty wounds;
  • obliged to go into infected rooms

Nearby Words:

pes pesade pesage pesane pesanted peschito pese peseta peshito peshitto

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