Associations to the word «Pestilent»

Wiktionary

PESTILENT, adjective. Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
PESTILENT, adjective. (informal) Annoying.
PESTILENT, adjective. (archaic) Harmful to morals or public order.

Dictionary definition

PESTILENT, adjective. Exceedingly harmful.
PESTILENT, adjective. Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley