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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And Naples harbour is admittedly one of the most pestilential holes on the face of the earth.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

But the most pestilential of the lot is Sypher's Cure.

From Septimus by Locke, William John

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

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

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