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Defenition of the word pestiferous

    • Defenition of the word pestiferous

      • causing irritation or annoyance; "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"
      • causing irritation or annoyance; "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 m
      • tending to corrupt or pervert
      • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
      • contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
      • causing irritation or annoyance
      • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
      • contaminated with infecting organisms

    Synonyms for the word pestiferous

      • annoying
      • bothersome
      • galling
      • irritating
      • nettlesome
      • pesky
      • pestering
      • plaguey
      • plaguy
      • teasing
      • vexatious
      • vexing

    Similar words in the pestiferous

      • disagreeable
      • epidemic
      • evil
      • septic
      • wicked

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