pestilential

🇺🇸 /ˌpestɪˈlenʃl/ 🇬🇧 /ˌpestɪˈlenʃl/
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adjective
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Very irritating or causing great discomfort.

The constant noise from the construction site was pestilential.

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Causing or related to a disease that spreads quickly and is deadly.

The pestilential conditions in the city led to a rapid spread of the plague.

translation

adj. Very irritating or causing great discomfort.; Causing or related to a disease that spreads quickly and is deadly.