pestilent

pestilent is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
2. adjective. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease- Jonathan Swift

   "a pestilential malignancy in the air"

   "plaguey fevers"

   Synonyms: pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey

3. adjective. exceedingly harmful

   Synonyms: baneful, deadly, pernicious

Synonyms

pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey, baneful, deadly, pernicious

Common word forms

pestilently

Words from these letters

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