Pestilential (Adjective)
Meaning
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The hospital's unsanitary conditions made it a pestilential environment for patients recovering from surgery.
- During the summer months, the standing water in the swamp created a pestilential breeding ground for mosquitoes.
- The medieval town's lack of sewage system and overflowing garbage pits created a pestilential atmosphere that made disease spread rapidly.
- The doctor warned of the pestilential effects of the virus, which could kill millions if left untreated.
- The overcrowding and poor ventilation on the ship made it a pestilential incubator for the spread of cholera.