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Pestiferous

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Definitions for Pestiferous

adjective
contaminated with infecting organisms
Synonyms
dirty
Examples
  1. dirty wounds
  2. obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
adjective
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Synonyms
pestilent pestilential plaguey
Examples
  1. a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
  2. plaguey fevers
adjective
tending to corrupt or pervert
Synonyms
corruptive perversive
adjective
causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms
annoying bothersome galling irritating nettlesome pesky pestering plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing
Examples
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong

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