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(adj) annoying, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, bothersome, vexatious, vexing, teasing, irritating, plaguey, plaguy, galling
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
(adj) corruptive, perversive
tending to corrupt or pervert
(adj) pestilent, pestilential, plaguey
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
a pestilential malignancy in the air- Jonathan Swift; plaguey fevers
(adj) dirty
contaminated with infecting organisms
dirty wounds; obliged to go into infected rooms- Jane Austen