Definition of pestilences

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • pestilences is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • pestilences is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • pestilences is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19

Definition of pestilences


  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pest
    2. plague
  • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of (noun)

    Examples

    1. racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation

    Synonyms

    1. canker
  • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pest
    2. pestis
    3. plague

See definition of pestilences in Merriam Webster