virulent

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin virus (“poison, slime, venom”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

virulent (comparative more virulent, superlative most virulent)

  1. (chiefly medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
  2. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
    The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.

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Translations [edit]

infectious, malignant, or deadly
hostile

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Catalan [edit]

Adjective [edit]

virulent m (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulents, feminine plural virulentes)

  1. virulent

French [edit]

Adjective [edit]

virulent m (feminine virulente, masculine plural virulents, feminine plural virulentes)

  1. (medicine) virulent
  2. virulent (hostile)
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