What does virulent mean?
Definitions for virulent
ˈvɪr yə lənt, ˈvɪr ə-vir·u·lent
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Princeton's WordNet
deadly, venomous, virulentadjective
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
"venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
virulentadjective
infectious; having the ability to cause disease
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolicadjective
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"; "a vitriolic critique"
Wiktionary
virulentadjective
highly infectious, malignant or deadly.
virulentadjective
Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.
Etymology: From virus.
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virulent
Virulent refers to something that is extremely severe, harmful, poisonous, or pathogenic in its effect. In the context of diseases or microbes, it refers to the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of parasites, as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of a host or cause disease. It can also refer to malicious or hostile behavior or language in interpersonal interactions.
Webster Dictionary
Virulentadjective
extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury
Virulentadjective
very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective
Etymology: [L. virulentus, fr. virus poison: cf. F. virulent. See Virus.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Virulent
vir′ū-lent, adj. full of poison: very active in injury: bitter in enmity: malignant.—ns. Vir′ulence, Vir′ulency.—adv. Vir′ulently. [L. virulentus—virus, poison.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of virulent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of virulent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of virulent in a Sentence
This virus is more infectious and virulent, more children are reporting high-grade fever compared to last year. We have 35-year olds with pneumonia in intensive care, which was not happening last year.
Many outbreaks linked to poultry, eggs and meat can be traced back to farms where intensive production practices can lead to [ the ] spread of highly virulent pathogens.
This is really fascinating for understanding mechanistically another way to acquire genes that encode factors that make it virulent.
Former Vice PresidentJoseph R. Bidenassailed PresidentTrump’s supporters during a speech Saturday at the annual Human Rights Campaign dinner in Washington, lamenting that ‘virulent people’ and the ‘dregs of society’ still had a friend in the White House.
Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity in their infancy, and when gone through at that period leaves behind it so few fatal marks; but which when it normally attacks the fully developed adult becomes one of the most virulent and toxic of diseases, often permanently poisoning the constitution where it does not end in death.
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- virulentoSpanish
- virulentFrench
- विषैलाHindi
- virulentoItalian
- virulentisLatin
- заразенMacedonian
- virulentRomanian
- 有毒Chinese
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