† infestuousadj.
Obsolete.
= infestious adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective]
witherwardc888
unholdc900
fremda1000
foeOE
hatelyOE
onwardOE
fiendlyc1050
witherc1175
unbaina1300
quedec1300
wrong1340
aliena1382
enemiablea1382
enemyfula1382
enemyc1384
ingrate1393
unfriendly1425
undisposed1456
oppugnanta1513
infest1513
enemious?1529
cold1557
enemylike1561
enemyly1573
ingratefulc1575
opposed1584
misliking1586
infestuous1593
infensive1596
infestious1597
affrontous1598
foe-hearted1598
ill-affecteda1599
inimicous1598
friendless?1611
haggardly1635
infensea1641
inimicitious1641
inimicitial1656
inimical1678
inamicable1683
indisposed1702
uneasy1725
hostile1791
adversarial1839
chilly1841
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective] > harassing
griefa1300
grievous13..
travailinga1450
importunatea1500
unportunatea1533
importunable1566
infestive1570
infestuous1593
plaguey1595
infestious1597
importunous1598
obsidious1615
vexatious?1626
pestifying1716
harassing1833
obsidional1879
infesting1881
obseding1885
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 32 There fell such an infestuous vnsaciable famine amongst them.
1604 Supplic. Certaine Masse-priests §1 The two Kingdomes (which not seldome in former times have beene much infestuous one to the other).
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 426 Baduini..alike infestuous to neighbour and traveller.
1712 tr. H. More Scholia Antidote Atheism 151 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) The infestuous shafts of the accurate and sharp Wits.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adverb]
grievously1303
teenfullya1375
griefc1400
infestuously1604
on, upon the back of1608
pesteringly1657
harassingly1822
1604 Supplic. Certaine Masse-priests §39 In driving away divels also from the places they most infestuously haunted.
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adj.1593