most pestilential

ADJECTIVE

dangerous,

Synonyms

WEAK

contagious contaminating corrupting deadly deleterious destructive detrimental diseased evil fatal harmful baneful infectious injurious lethal mortal noxious pernicious pestiferous ruinous tainting troublesome vicious

Antonyms

WEAK

clean healthy hygienic safe sanitary

ADJECTIVE

virulent

Synonyms

WEAK

baneful deadly destructive fatal harmful infective injurious malign malignant mephitic noxious pernicious pestilent poison septic toxic toxicant unhealthy unwholesome venomous

Example Sentences

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A well-read fool is one of the most pestilential of blockheads.

From Every Man His Own University by Conwell, Russell H.

Here was a cavern, which sent forth a most pestilential vapour.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

Although exposed to one of the most pestilential climates in the world, he did not lose a man.

From Dewey and Other Naval Commanders by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

But this loving Christ goes down, down, down into the thickest, most pestilential atmosphere, reeking with sin and corruption, and stretches out a rescuing hand to the most abject and undermost of all the victims.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

The evening was warm; a most pestilential sort of mist usually covers the ground at dark.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James