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2. curse, bane, scourge, affliction, infliction, visitation, torment, calamity; canker, cancer, blight, rot.

pestilent, adj. 1. pestilential, pestiferous, infective, infectious, contaminative; infested, pest-ridden, diseased, disease-ridden, infected, septic, leprous; contagious, communicable, catching; epidemic, pandemic, endemic, epizootic.
2. pernicious, dangerous, hazardous, deleterious, detrimental, destructive, ruinous; deadly, lethal, fatal, mortal, mortiferous, Archaic, lethiferous; harmful, injurious, nocuous, hurtful, nocent, baleful, noisome; noxious, malicious, malign, malignant, menacing; venomous, poisonous, virulent, toxic, morbific, mor bid, Rare, morbiferous; fell, baneful, mephitic, viperous, Rare, virose, (in prescriptions) venenosus, Archaic, venenose; insalubrious, unhealthful, unhygienic, insanitary, unhealthy.
3. evil, wicked, iniquitous, black-hearted, sinister, vicious; base, vile, foul, mean, low, bad, odious; dire, dark, black, dreadful, grim; damnable, damnatory, accursed, cursed; maleficent, malefic, malevolent, evil-minded, demonic, diabolic, devilish; criminal, felonious, wrong, reprehensible; immoral, corrupting, polluting, debauched, debased, depraved.
4. mischievous, impish, elfish, prankish; vexatious, troublesome, naughty, annoying, irritating.

pestilential, adj. See - pestilent (defs. 1-3).

pestle, n. 1. pulverizer, grounder, muller, bray-er, pounder, masher. -v. 2. pulverize, triturate, comminute, bray, powder, reduce or grind to powder.

pet¹, n. 1. favorite, minion, jewel, apple of one's eye, Inf. number-one son, Inf. the fair-haired boy; cosset, fondling, darling, spoiled child; teacher's pet; loved one, dear, Inf. dearie, sweetheart, Inf. sweetie, honey, honey pie or bunch, baby, doll, baby doll, angel, lamb, lambkin, Inf. snookums. -adj. 2. domesticated, tamed, tame, housebroken.
3. prized, cherished, loved, beloved, adored, treasured, held dear, dear to one's heart, precious; favorite, favored, dear, dearest, darling.
4. affectionate, fond, tender, loving, adoring. -v. 5. coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, cocker, cosset, dandle, Obs. fondle; baby, spoil, indulge, dote on; cater to, wait on hand and foot, be at [s.o.'s] beck and call.
6. Informal, fondle, caress, stroke, pat; nuzzle, nestle, snuggle, carry on, SI. canoodle; make love, bill and coo, smooch, slap and tickle, Inf. neck, Inf. make out, Inf. park, SI. fool around.

pet², n. 1. pique, huff, tiff, miff, fume, temper, ill temper, bad mood, ugly mood, Inf. stew, Archaic. pucker; sulk, sulks, petulance, Inf. slow burn.

-v. 2. sulk, mope, look sullen, look black, pull or make a long face, pout, frown, scowl; grumble, grump.

petard, n. 1. firecracker, squib, cherry bomb, ashcan.
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hoist by or

with one's own petard caught in one's own trap, tangled in one's own web; defeated by one's own plot; outsmarted or outwitted by oneself,

peter, v. Informal. 1. weaken, decline, fade, pine, fail, flag, wilt, droop; languish, dwindle, wither on the vine; tire, get or grow tired, grow weary, run out or down, Inf. run out of steam, burn out, Inf. give out, Inf conk out, Inf. peg out, Inf. poop out.
2. Usu.

peter out dissolve, melt, melt away, pass away, fade out of the picture; wane, die out or away, cease to be or exist, cease; go downhill, SI. hit the skids; come to nothing, come to naught, hang fire, flash in the pan; fall through, fall flat, get bogged down, go up in smoke.