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Definition of pestilential adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pestilential

adjective

NAmE//ˌpɛstəˈlɛnʃl//

1[only before noun] (literary) extremely annoying

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2(old use) connected with or causing a pestilence

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