Home › P › pestilenceMeaningspestilence/ˈpestɪləns/nounउच्चारण पेस्टिलन्समहामारी, मरी, प्लेगAdvanced wordnoun1[U, C] literaryany infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of peopleमहामारी, मरी, प्लेगThe old city had suffered war, famine and pestilence.a pestilence that wiped out whole villagesSynonyms plague epidemic pandemic scourge◇Word familypestilent adjectivepestilential adjective← pesticidepestilent →