leprous

Adjective

Meaning

Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.

Leprose.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mangy lazar malarial rough contaminated leprosy morbid leper scabrous allergic scorbutic apoplectic chlorotic colicky dyspeptic
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Antonyms

strong active bactericidal powerful pure fit
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Related terms

historical rare obsolete leprosy leprose leprosarium

Anagrams

perlous sporule pelorus Sproule

Examples

...If there's one thing I've learned in this life, it's that you never say no to an old gypsy woman with a blind eye and leprous fingernails. Roger Ebert

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. Oscar Wilde

Nothing is uglier than the sinner, nothing so leprous or fetid; the scar of his crimes is still raw, and he stinks like the cave of Hell. Prudentius

Naaman, the leprous Syrian general did and got a new-born-baby’s skin (2 Kings 5:14). Source: Internet

Many claim to have witnessed him miraculously healing the blind, lame and leprous of this and surrounding communities. Source: Internet

“You can also not ask a Leprous man or a cripple to go and run across the highway. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

leprosylike leprotene leprotic leprously leprousness lepry