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