pestilent

Adjective Satellite

exceedingly harmful
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift
- "a pestilential malignancy in the air"

Adj

Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
Annoying.
Harmful to morals or public order.

Origin / Etymology

Middle English, from Latin pestilens, from Latin pestis.

Synonyms

baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey

Scrabble Score: 11

pestilent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pestilent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pestilent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pestilent: valid Words With Friends Word