pestilential

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pes·ti·len·tial /ˌpestəˈlenʃəl◂/ (also pestilent /ˈpestələnt/) adjective  1. literaryUNPLEASANT extremely unpleasant and annoying 令人非常讨厌的，令人极其不快的2. old useMI causing disease 引起疾病的

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pestilential• They squeezed across the narrow bridge ten abreast - one hideous, brown, pestilential beast with a hundred buckling legs.• pestilential disease• pestilential kids• Good job too, a young thing like her oughtn't to be out late on a pestilential night like this.

pes·ti·len·tial adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus extremely unpleasant annoying and

pestilential
pes‧ti‧len‧tial /ˌpestəˈlenʃəl◂, ˌpestɪˈlenʃəl◂/ (also pes‧ti‧lent /ˈpestələnt, ˈpestɪlənt/) adjective
1. literary extremely unpleasant and annoying
2. old use causing disease

pesti·len·tialBrE /ˌpestɪˈlenʃl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpestɪˈlenʃl/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (literary) extremely annoying 极讨厌的；极烦人的(old use) connected with or causing a pestilence 瘟疫的；引起瘟疫的