virulent

virulent is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.
2. adjective. Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective.
3. adjective. infectious; having the ability to cause disease
4. adjective. harsh or corrosive in tone

   "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"

   "a barrage of acid comments"

   Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, vitriolic

5. adjective. extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

   "venomous snakes"

   "a virulent insect bite"

   Synonyms: deadly, venomous

Synonyms

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, vitriolic, deadly, venomous

Common word forms

virulented, virulently, virulentness

Words from these letters

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