'Virulence' definitions:
Definition of 'virulence'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Virulence'
From: GCIDE
- Virulence \Vir"u*lence\, Virulency \Vir"u*len*cy\, n. [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]
- 1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. "Refuted without satirical virulency." --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'virulence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acerbity,
- acid,
- acidity,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acrimony,
- acuteness,
- amperage,
- animality,
- animosity,
- animus,
- antagonism,
- armipotence,
- asperity,
- astringency,
- atrocity,
- authority,
- bad blood,
- balefulness,
- banefulness,
- barbarity,
- beef,
- bile,
- bite,
- bitter feeling,
- bitter resentment,
- bitterness,
- bitterness of spirit,
- black power,
- bloodlust,
- brutality,
- brute force,
- causticity,
- charge,
- charisma,
- choler,
- clout,
- cogence,
- cogency,
- communicability,
- compulsion,
- contagiousness,
- deadliness,
- destructiveness,
- detrimentalness,
- dint,
- drive,
- duress,
- edge,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- effectuality,
- energy,
- extremity,
- fatality,
- ferociousness,
- feud,
- fierceness,
- flower power,
- force,
- force majeure,
- forcefulness,
- full blast,
- full force,
- furiousness,
- gall,
- gnashing of teeth,
- grip,
- hard feelings,
- harmfulness,
- harshness,
- hatred,
- heartburning,
- hostility,
- hurtfulness,
- ill blood,
- ill feeling,
- ill will,
- impetuosity,
- inclemency,
- infectiousness,
- infectivity,
- influence,
- inhumanity,
- injuriousness,
- intensity,
- keenness,
- lethality,
- main force,
- main strength,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- maliciousness,
- malignance,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- mana,
- mercilessness,
- might,
- might and main,
- mightiness,
- mindlessness,
- mischievousness,
- mordacity,
- mordancy,
- mortality,
- moxie,
- murderousness,
- muscle power,
- noisomeness,
- noxiousness,
- ominousness,
- perniciousness,
- pitilessness,
- pizzazz,
- poignancy,
- point,
- poison,
- poisonousness,
- poop,
- potence,
- potency,
- potentiality,
- power,
- power pack,
- power structure,
- power struggle,
- powerfulness,
- prepotency,
- productiveness,
- productivity,
- puissance,
- pull,
- punch,
- push,
- rancor,
- rankling,
- resentment,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- savagery,
- severity,
- sharpness,
- sinew,
- slow burn,
- soreness,
- sourness,
- spite,
- spleen,
- steam,
- sting,
- strength,
- stridency,
- stringency,
- strong arm,
- superiority,
- superpower,
- tartness,
- teeth,
- terrorism,
- toxicity,
- trenchancy,
- ungentleness,
- unhealthiness,
- validity,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- vendetta,
- venom,
- venomousness,
- viciousness,
- vigor,
- vim,
- violence,
- virility,
- virtue,
- virulency,
- vitality,
- vitriol,
- wattage,
- weight