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pestilent    adj1.  fatal, deadly, boleh membawa wabak:  mile upon mile of ~ swampland, tanah paya yg luasnya berbatu-batu dan boleh membawa wabak;  2.  ( often humorous )  giving rise to annoyance, irritating, menjengkelkan: these ~ insects, serangga yg menjengkelkan.    Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan

pes·ti·lent  (pst-lnt)
adj.
1. Tending to cause death; deadly.
2. Likely to cause an epidemic disease.
3. Infected or contaminated with a contagious disease.
4. Morally, socially, or politically harmful; pernicious. See Synonyms at poisonous.
5. Causing annoyance or disapproval.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilns, pestilent-, from pestis, pestilence; see pest.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

pestilent
Adjective
1. annoying or irritating
2. highly destructive morally or physically
3. likely to cause infectious disease [Latin pestis plague]
pestilential adj

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pestilent - exceedingly harmful
noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"

2.pestilent - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
epidemic - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

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