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1 Virulent -- rank: 1000

Virulent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary VIR'ULENT, a. [L. virulentus ... doing injury; very poisonous or venomous. No poison is more virulent than that of some species of serpents. 2. Very bitter in enmity; malignant; as a virulent invective. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 2: infectious; having the ability to cause disease [ant: avirulent ... syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ...

2 Malignant -- rank: 537

... heart. 2. Unpropitious; exerting pernicious influence; as malignant start. 3. Virulent; as a malignant ulcer. 4. Dangerous to life; as a ... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 a (of a disease) very virulent or infectious (malignant cholera). b (of a tumour) tending to ... 3. (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule (Med.), a very contagious disease ... virulently inimical. 2. Unpropitious, unfavorable, ill-boding. 3. Extremely heinous, virulent, pernicious. 4. ( Med. ) Dangerous, fatal, virulent. Moby Thesaurus acrid, allergic, anemic, antagonistic, antipathetic, apoplectic, arthritic, atrocious ... tumorigenic, tumorous, uncivilized, ungentle, untamed, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, vitriolic, wicked, wild

3 Venomous -- rank: 495

... 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 2: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate ... poisonous wounds by this means. 2 (of a person etc.) virulent, spiteful, malignant. Derivatives: venomously adv. venomousness n. Etymology: ME f ... of English Synonyms a. 1. Poisonous, noxious to animal life, virulent. 2. Malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous, noxious, envenomed. Moby Thesaurus acerbic ... unconscionable, vehement, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, vicious, violent, viperish, viperlike, viperous, virulent, vitriolic

4 Bitter -- rank: 495

... syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 4: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter ... painful or difficult to accept (bitter disappointment). 3 a harsh; virulent (bitter animosity). b piercingly cold. --n. 1 Brit. beer strongly ... 19. 4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. Husbands, love your wives, and be not ... like wormwood, like gall. 2. Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless, dire. 3. Severe, harsh, stern. 4. Distressing, painful ... unpleasing, unsavory, untasteful, unwelcome, vehement, venomous, vexatious, vicious, vinegarish, violent, virulent, vitriolic, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, withering, woebegone, woeful, wretched

5 Virulently -- rank: 443

... severity. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a virulent manner; "an old woman advanced a few paces to shake ... fist virulently in my face" Merriam Webster's adverb see virulent Webster's 1913 Dictionary Virulently Vir"u*lent*ly, adv. In a virulent manner. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see virulent

6 Rancorous -- rank: 443

... RAN'COROUS, a. Deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flam'd his eyes with rage and ranc'rous ... caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. --Spenser ... English Synonyms a. Malignant, malign, vindictive, malevolent, malicious, bitter, spiteful, virulent. Moby Thesaurus acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid ... spiteful, splenetic, stewing, unappeasable, venenate, vengeful, venomous, vicious, vindicatory, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic, wicked

7 Caustic -- rank: 382

... syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable ... II. a. 1. Erosive, mordent, corrosive, corroding, catheretic, consuming, acrid, virulent, eating. 2. Burning, scalding, scathing, stinging, biting, sharp, cutting, bitter ... strident, stringent, succinct, tart, terse, tracery, trenchant, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent, vitriolic, withering

8 Virulence -- rank: 382

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary VIR'ULENCE,'ULENCY, n. [from virulent.] 1. That renders it extremely active in doing injury; acrimony ... s noun Date: 1621 the quality or state of being virulent: as a. extreme bitterness or malignity of temper ; rancor b ... odor, a stench.] 1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy. 2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of ...

9 Deadly -- rank: 382

... 3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the ... unfailing, unpardonably, vandalic, vandalish, vandalistic, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, wan, wasteful, wasting, wearisome, wearying, weird, whacking, white, withering, woefully

10 Corrosive -- rank: 382

... soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also ... Synonyms a. 1. Corroding, consuming, eroding, erosive, catheretic, caustic, acrid, virulent, eating away. 2. Corroding, wasting, consuming, gnawing wearing. 3. Blighting ... tart, telling, toxic, trenchant, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, vigorous, virulent, vital, withering, worn

11 Fester -- rank: 382

... pestis, pus, or pustula.] To rankle; to corrupt; to grow virulent. We say of a sore or wound, it festers. Passion ... of the soil. --Macaulay. 2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. Webster's ... n. 1. Rankle, corrupt, suppurate, ulcerate. 2. Become malignant, grow virulent or violent, rankle. II. v. n. 1. Pustule, sore, abscess ...

12 avirulent -- rank: 382

avirulent definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: not virulent; unable to produce disease [ant: virulent] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1900 not virulent — compare nonpathogenic

13 PLAGUES OF EGYPT -- rank: 301

... have been pestis minor, the milder form of bubonic plague. Virulent rinder-pest among cattle in the East is regarded as ... as the "pestilence" (Ex 9:15). The pestis major or virulent bubonic plague corresponds most nearly in its natural phenomena to ...

14 Acid -- rank: 301

... syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 2: being sour to the taste [syn: acidic, acid ... thermochemical, tranquilizer, trenchant, trimer, vehement, verjuice, vigorous, vinegar, violent, virulence, virulent, vital, vitriol, vitriolic, water, water cannon, weed, wet blanket, withering ...

15 Vitriolic -- rank: 301

... syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable ... stabbing, stinging, strident, stringent, tart, trenchant, vehement, venenate, venomous, violent, virulent