Adjective : PESTIFEROUS
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen ;
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2. (
) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" ;
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3. (
) tending to corrupt or pervert ;
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4. (
- annoying ,
- bothersome ,
- galling ,
- irritating ,
- nettlesome ,
- pesky ,
- pestering ,
- pestiferous ,
- plaguy ,
- plaguey ,
- teasing ,
- vexatious ,
- vexing
) 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" ;
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