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most pestilent

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

dangerous

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Example Sentences

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Much of his early writing has encouraged among the modern youth that most pestilent of all popular tricks and fallacies; what is called the argument of progress.

From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Hence those who are put to the test by them are angry with me, and not with them, and say that "there is one Socrates, a most pestilent fellow, who corrupts the youth."

From Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Cary, Henry

I understand that you two young men formerly belonged to the squadron of that most pestilent heretic and pirate, Cavendish; is it not so?

From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Rainey, W. (William)

Is there no lesson in the fact that she, nurtured in every luxury, braves the wildest day of winter in her mission of charity?—that the most squalid misery, the most pestilent disease never deterred her?

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

And while ye go about to drive your neighbour out of his land, ye must needs first bring into your own land the most pestilent puddle of unthrifts that can be.

From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius