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Webster 1913 Edition
Virulent
1.
Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury.
A contagious disorder rendered more
virulent
by uncleanness. Sir W. Scott.
2.
Very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant;
as, a
. virulent
invectiveWebster 1828 Edition
Virulent
VIR'ULENT
,Adj.
1.
Extremely active in 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.Definition 2024
virulent
virulent
English
Adjective
virulent (comparative more virulent, superlative most virulent)
- (chiefly medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
- Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess:
- It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
- The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.
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Related terms
Translations
infectious, malignant, or deadly
See also
Catalan
Adjective
virulent m (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulents, feminine plural virulentes)