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Adjective
S: (adj) pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease) "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
S: (adj) 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"