pestiferous
a. கேடுதருகிற, அழிவுசெய்கிற, அருவருப்பான, கொள்ளைநோய் விளைக்கிற.
Synonyms
insalubrious
pestilential
deleterious
mephitic
virulent
mortiferous
infectious
contagious
catching
lethal
morbific
Antonyms
salubrious
balmy
salutiferous
sanitary
innocuous
remedial
wholesome
nutritive
pure
sanative
disinfectant
Pes*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. pestiferus, pestifer; pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestifère.] 1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms." Evelyn. "Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." Burke. 2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. Shak.