Virulent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.
  • adj. Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen.
  • adj. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See Synonyms at poisonous.
  • adj. Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
  • adj. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.
  • adj. Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of virus; extremely poisonous or venomous.
  • Due to the action of a virus: as, a virulent inoculation.
  • Very bitter or spiteful; malignant: as, a virulent invective; a virulent libel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. harsh or corrosive in tone
  • adj. extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  • adj. infectious; having the ability to cause disease
  • Equivalent
    unpleasant    toxic    highly infective    deadly   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    malignant    acrid    bitter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    contagious    malignant    venomous    scurrilous    rancorous    lethal    scathing    violent    deadly    vehement