virulent
adjective
, ˈvir-yə-\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for virulent
Synonyms
bad [slang], bitchy, catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vicious
Antonyms
benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious
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Furthermore, the strains that cause the infection in the Northeast are especially virulent and arthritogenic, and several long-lasting post-infectious syndromes have been identified. — Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, "Lyme disease: How we discovered it and where we go from here," 22 Aug. 2019 Maybe Deadheads aren’t as virulent as other groups of superfans. — Lucy Dacus, New York Times, "Woodstock, a Utopia? Not for Every Generation," 6 Aug. 2019 The Vietnam war was still going strong then, and resentment against soldiers was pretty virulent. — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, "1969 was a watershed year for the country and for me: Chuck Yarborough," 28 July 2019 She was successfully treated with amphotericin B, but subsequent lab tests suggested that the invading amoeba was less virulent than other strains of N. fowleri. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Brain-eating amoeba kills again—here’s how it kills and how to avoid it," 26 July 2019 The variation in the thousands of accessory genes explains why some strains are virulent while others are harmless, and how some can survive in certain habitats or on food sources that others can’t. — Quanta Magazine, "Researchers Rethink the Ancestry of Complex Cells," 9 Apr. 2019 Journalists who criticized the government were being trolled and attacked with virulent fervor. — Bilal Qureshi, Washington Post, "Arundhati Roy — beloved for her fiction, derided for her politics — won’t be silenced," 23 Aug. 2019 Fans will surely debate the virulent crowd reaction that reduced Osaka to tears during the trophy presentation and say the Open had never experienced anything like it. — New York Times, "A Night to Remember at the U.S. Open," 22 Aug. 2019 His virulent opposition to India, Pakistan’s blood rival, has made Saeed a folk hero to tens of thousands of followers. — Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, "Trump touts ‘ten year search’ for Pakistani militant, but everyone knew where he was," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'virulent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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