eng: pestiferous

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