pestiferous English

Meaning pestiferous meaning

What does pestiferous mean?

pestiferous

— adjective (= dirty) contaminated with infecting organisms dirty wounds obliged to go into infected rooms — Jane Austen

— adjective (= pestilential, plaguey) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease a pestilential malignancy in the air — Jonathan Swift plaguey fevers

— adjective (= corruptive) tending to corrupt or pervert

— adjective (= annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, 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

Synonyms pestiferous synonyms

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pestiferous English » English

plaguey

pestilential

pestilent

annoying

vexing

teasing

pernicious

irritating

vexatious

troublesome

ruinous

plaguy

pestering

pesky

perversive

nettlesome

harmful

galling

dirty

corruptive

bothersome

vile

vexed

ugly

rabid

pesty

obscene

obnoxious

noxious

nasty

mischievous

loathsome

irksome

injurious

infective

infectious

icky

humiliating

horrid

horrible

harassed

germ-carrying

execrable

disgusting

disastrous

detrimental

dark

contagious

cataclysmic

calamitous