Virulent \Vir"u*lent\, a. [L. virulentus, fr. virus poison: cf.
F. virulent. See Virus.]
1. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing
injury.
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A contagious disorder rendered more virulent by
uncleanness. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure;
malignant; as, a virulent invective.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
virulent
adj 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous
snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous]
2: infectious; having the ability to cause disease [ant: avirulent]
3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
"her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
"blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid,
acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous,
venomous, vitriolic]
WordNet (r) 2.0
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "virulent":
acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous,
acrid, acrimonious, acute, antagonistic, antipathetic, astringent,
baleful, baneful, belligerent, biting, bitter, brutal, burning,
catching, caustic, choleric, clashing, colliding, communicable,
conflicting, contagious, corroding, corrosive, corrupting,
corruptive, counterproductive, cutting, damaging, dangerous,
deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathly, deleterious, despiteful,
destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable,
distressing, double-edged, drastic, edged, embittered, envenomed,
escharotic, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fatal,
feral, fierce, full of hate, furious, great, harmful, harsh,
hateful, hostile, hurtful, immoderate, incisive, infectious,
infective, injurious, intemperate, intense, internecine, keen,
killing, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant,
mephitic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, mischievous, mordacious,
mordant, mortal, nasty, noisome, noxious, ominous, outrageous,
penetrating, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, piercing,
poignant, poison, poisonous, prejudicial, quarrelsome, rancorous,
rankled, repugnant, resentful, resenting, rigorous, rough,
sarcastic, savage, scatheful, scathing, septic, set against,
severe, sharp, sore, spiteful, splenetic, splitting, stabbing,
stewing, stinging, strident, stringent, tart, tough, toxic,
toxicant, toxiferous, trenchant, unconscionable, unfriendly,
unhealthy, unwholesome, vehement, venenate, veneniferous, venenous,
venomous, vicious, violent, vitriolic
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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