Definisjon av pestiferous

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pestiferous - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
pestilent, pestilential, plaguey
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"
pestiferous - tending to corrupt or pervert
corruptive, perversive
evil morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
pestiferous - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
disagreeable not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation"
pestiferous - contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
dirty
infected, septic containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"
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Adjektiv

pestiferous - Containing organisms that cause contagious diseases.
pestiferous - annoying, vexatious.

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