(adj) causing irritation or annoyance, Syn. irritating, plaguey, pestering, vexatious, nettlesome, galling, pesky, vexing, plaguy, teasing, bothersome, pestiferous, Example:tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork; aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport; found it galling to have to ask permission; an irritating delay; nettlesome paperwork; a pesky mosquito; swarms of pestering gnats; a plaguey newfangled safety catch; a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him; a vexatious child; it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
(adj) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift, Syn. pestiferous, plaguey, pestilential, Example:a pestilential malignancy in the air; plaguey fevers
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