pestilential

pestilential is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.
2. adjective. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
3. adjective. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease- Jonathan Swift

   "a pestilential malignancy in the air"

   "plaguey fevers"

   Synonyms: pestiferous, pestilent, plaguey

Synonyms

pestiferous, pestilent, plaguey

Common word forms

pestilentially

Words from these letters

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