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plaguey 1

adjectivedomain: all adj

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

Examples

1.a pestilential malignancy in the air- Jonathan Swift
2.plaguey fevers

Synonyms

pestilent 2
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
pestilential 1
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
pestiferous 2
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

Derivationally related form

plague 2

noun

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Similar_to

epidemic 1

adjective

(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously