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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