Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

pestilential

[pes-tl-en-shuhl] / ˌpɛs tlˈɛn ʃəl /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Beginning with the Italianate geometries of Rio de Janeiro’s Passeio Público, the country’s first municipal garden, built over a pestilential lagoon between 1779 and ’83, Brazilian parks often mirrored European ones.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2024

In those cases, it can be hard to identify the pestilential pooper: livestock, reptiles, rodents, and dogs can all spread Salmonella, along with other, less common animals.

From The Verge Dec. 12, 2018

Gray, utterly naïve about the pestilential waters he was attempting to navigate, never caught onto Felt’s perfidy.

From Slate Nov. 14, 2018

Jefferson viewed “great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.”

From Washington Post May 4, 2018

As soon as he opened the door he felt the pestilential attack of the chamberpots, which were placed on the floor and all of which had been used several times.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




Vocabulary lists containing pestilential


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training