Thesaurus: pestiferous

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1. a. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
2. a. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
3. adj. contaminated with infecting organisms
4. adj. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
5. adj. tending to corrupt or pervert
6. adj. causing irritation or annoyance
7. 1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms." Evelyn. "Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." Burke. 2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. Shak.
8. s contaminated with infecting organisms s likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease s tending to corrupt or pervert s causing irritation or annoyance