Wordiyo
Vocabulary
Learn
My WordsPricing
Wordiyo

Build your English vocabulary systematically through word roots and etymology.

Explore

  • Vocabulary
  • Roots
  • My Words

Learn

  • Guides
  • Read

Company

  • About Us
  • Pricing
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

© 2026 Wordiyo.

  1. Home
  2. /pest
  3. /pestilential

pestilential

🇬🇧 UK/.pesti'lenʃәl/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

adj.

Relating to or resembling a deadly plague; morally harmful; causing irritation.

瘟疫的,有害的,令人厌烦的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
pestpest, plague, nuisance
+
ilenticonnector
+
alrelating to, having the nature of
=pestilential

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The pestilential conditions in the prison were inhumane.

  • 2.

    His pestilential behavior annoyed everyone in the office.

  • 3.

    The pestilential disease spread rapidly through the region.

← Back to pest