Definition of pestilent

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• pestilent is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
• pestilent is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
• pestilent is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of pestilent

• likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a pestilential malignancy in the air

  Synonyms

  1. pestiferous
  2. pestilential
  3. plaguey
• exceedingly harmful (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. baneful
  2. deadly
  3. pernicious

See definition of pestilent in Merriam Webster