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pestlike

pestlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pest.

Adjective

pestlike (comparative more pestlike, superlative most pestlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pest.

Forms of pestlike

comparativemore pestlike
superlativemost pestlike

Origin of pestlike

From pest + -like.

Questions about pestlike

What does pestlike mean?
Pestlike means resembling or characteristic of a pest.
What part of speech is pestlike?
Pestlike is an adjective.

Words near pestlike in the dictionary

  1. pestle and mortar
  2. pestled
  3. pestlelike
  4. pestles
  5. pestles and mortars
  6. pestlike
  7. pestling
  8. Pestminster
  9. pesto
  10. pestoed
  11. pestolike

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