virulent

/'virulənt/

Thân thiện

A virulent strain of the flu spread quickly through the school.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely severe, harmful, or poisonous: Describes something, especially a disease or poison, that is very dangerous or deadly.
   • Bitterly hostile or harsh: Describes language, criticism, or feelings that are filled with intense malice or antagonism.

Examples of Usage

• Describing a disease or poison:
  • The patient was infected with a virulent strain of the virus.
  • The spider's bite is highly virulent and requires immediate medical attention.
• Describing hostile language or feelings:
  • The politician launched a virulent attack on his opponent's character.
  • Her virulent criticism of the policy left everyone in the room stunned.

Advanced Usage

• "Virulent hatred": Intense and bitter hatred.
  • The speech was filled with virulent hatred for the opposing group.
• "Virulent opposition": Extremely strong and hostile resistance.
  • The new law faced virulent opposition from civil rights groups.

Variants and Related Words

• Virulence (noun): The quality of being virulent; extreme severity or harmfulness.
  • The virulence of the disease caused a public health emergency.
• Virulently (adverb): In a virulent manner.
  • He argued virulently against the proposed changes.

Synonyms

• Poisonous: Having the qualities or effects of a poison.
• Malicious: Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
• Vitriolic: Filled with bitter criticism or malice.
• Toxic: Very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way.

Antonyms

• Benign: Gentle and kindly; not harmful in effect.
• Harmless: Not able or likely to cause harm.
• Mild: Not severe, serious, or harsh.

Related Phrases

• "A virulent outbreak": A sudden, severe occurrence of a disease.
  • Scientists worked to contain the virulent outbreak.
• "Virulent propaganda": Propaganda that is extremely biased and spreads hate.
  • The regime spread virulent propaganda to control the population.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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
2. infectious; having the ability to cause disease
3. extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
   • venomous snakes
   • a virulent insect bite

Từ đồng nghĩa

• deadly
• venomous