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Definition of pestiferous in English: pestiferousadjective pɛˈstɪf(ə)rəspɛˈstɪfərəs literary 1Harbouring infection and disease. 〈诗/文〉传播疾病的，藏有传染病的 the pestiferous area around the prison 监狱周围的疫区。 Example sentencesExamples - Newly drafted in from Europe for the most part, they died like flies in the pestiferous climate.
- The doctor then went on to add with even further disgust, ‘the clinic has become as ubiquitous as the mosquito in a swamp and equally pestiferous.’
Synonyms highly infectious, highly infective, highly contagious, infectious, infective, contagious, rapidly spreading, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, malignant, uncontrollable, pernicious, pestilential - 1.1humorous Constituting a nuisance; very annoying.
〈幽默〉讨厌的，恼人的 that pestiferous nephew of yours 你那讨厌的侄子。 Example sentencesExamples - I was a librarian but I was the world's worst reference librarian. It was always my pleasure to tell the student to look it up for himself and not to bother me with his pestiferous inquiries.
- 1 Happy the man who did not walk by the counsel of the impious, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit down in the seat of pestiferous people.
Synonyms annoying, irritating, exasperating, maddening, infuriating, irksome, vexatious, vexing, inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, worrying, worrisome, disturbing, upsetting, distressing, perturbing, concerning, niggling, nagging
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'morally corrupting'): from Latin pestifer 'bringing pestilence' + -ous. Rhymescarboniferous, coniferous, cruciferous, melliferous, odoriferous, somniferous, splendiferous, umbelliferous, vociferous Definition of pestiferous in US English: pestiferousadjectivepɛˈstɪfərəspeˈstifərəs literary 1Harboring infection and disease. 〈诗/文〉传播疾病的，藏有传染病的 the pestiferous area around the prison 监狱周围的疫区。 Example sentencesExamples - Newly drafted in from Europe for the most part, they died like flies in the pestiferous climate.
- The doctor then went on to add with even further disgust, ‘the clinic has become as ubiquitous as the mosquito in a swamp and equally pestiferous.’
Synonyms highly infectious, highly infective, highly contagious, infectious, infective, contagious, rapidly spreading, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, malignant, uncontrollable, pernicious, pestilential - 1.1humorous Constituting a pest or nuisance; annoying.
〈幽默〉讨厌的，恼人的 that pestiferous nephew of yours 你那讨厌的侄子。 Example sentencesExamples - 1 Happy the man who did not walk by the counsel of the impious, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit down in the seat of pestiferous people.
- I was a librarian but I was the world's worst reference librarian. It was always my pleasure to tell the student to look it up for himself and not to bother me with his pestiferous inquiries.
Synonyms annoying, irritating, exasperating, maddening, infuriating, irksome, vexatious, vexing, inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, worrying, worrisome, disturbing, upsetting, distressing, perturbing, concerning, niggling, nagging
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘morally corrupting’): from Latin pestifer ‘bringing pestilence’ + -ous. |