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 Synonyms for pestiferous  

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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'pestiferous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) dirty, pestiferous
contaminated with infecting organisms
Synonyms: vexatious, soiled, pestilent, unsporting, irritating, unsportsmanlike, lousy, dingy, vexing, filthy, teasing, galling, cheating(a), plaguy, bothersome, unclean, plaguey, corruptive, pestiferous, marked-up, ill-gotten, pesky, pestering, foul, contaminating, nettlesome, annoying, sordid, pestilential, perversive, dirty, muddy, muddied
Antonyms: endemical, ecdemic, endemic, agreeable, good, antiseptic

2. (adj) pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Synonyms: pestilent, pernicious, corruptive, teasing, nettlesome, vexing, baneful, galling, dirty, plaguy, bothersome, plaguey, pestiferous, vexatious, deadly, pesky, pestering, annoying, pestilential, perversive, irritating
Antonyms: ecdemic, agreeable, endemical, endemic, antiseptic, good

3. (adj) corruptive, perversive, pestiferous
tending to corrupt or pervert
Synonyms: pestilent, annoying, corruptive, plaguy, vexing, teasing, galling, dirty, bothersome, plaguey, pestiferous, vexatious, pesky, nettlesome, pestering, pestilential, perversive, irritating
Antonyms: antiseptic, agreeable, good, ecdemic, endemical, endemic

4. (adj) annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms: irritating, exasperating, corruptive, pestilential, petulant, bothersome, mocking, galling, pestilent, cranky, perversive, pesky, scratchy, pestiferous, pettish, nettlesome, dirty, vexing, painful, irritable, plaguey, quizzical, peevish, irritative, plaguy, maddening, infuriating, annoying, tetchy, testy, fractious, techy, vexatious, pestering, peckish, teasing
Antonyms: endemic, agreeable, good, ecdemic, antiseptic, endemical


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'pestiferous' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. pestiferous
Pernicious (L. per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious
Synonyms: pernicious, bad, evil, mischievous, pestilential, baneful, foul, noisome, poisonous, deadly, harmful, noxious, ruinous, deleterious, hurtful, perverting, unhealthful, destructive, injurious, pestiferous, unwholesome, detrimental, insalubrious
Antonyms: advantageous, favorable, helpful, profitable, serviceable, beneficent, good, invigorating, rejuvenating, useful, beneficial, healthful, life-giving, salutary, wholesome


'pestiferous' - Nearby Entries  

pest  pesticide  pesticide poisoning  pestiferous  pestilence  pestilent  pestilential  



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