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Synonyms for Pestiferous (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (contaminated with infecting organisms):
contaminated, dirty

WordNet sense 2 (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms):
infected, septic

WordNet sense 3 (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease):
pestilent, pestilential, plaguey

WordNet sense 4 ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously):
epidemic

WordNet sense 5 (tending to corrupt or pervert):
corruptive, perversive

WordNet sense 6 (morally bad or wrong):
evil

WordNet sense 7 (causing irritation or annoyance):
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, vexatious, pestering, plaguy, teasing, vexing

WordNet sense 8 (not to your liking):
disagreeable


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