plaguey

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I - adjective

1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
- "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- plaguey fevers
• Syn:
pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous
• Similar to:
epidemic
• Derivationally related forms:
plague, pestilence (for: pestilential), pestilence (for: pestilent)
2. 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
• Syn:
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome,
nettlesome, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, teasing,
vexatious, vexing
• Similar to:
disagreeable
• Derivationally related forms:
plague, plague (for: plaguy)

II - adverb

in a disagreeable manner
- it's so plaguey cold!
• Syn:
plaguy, plaguily
• Derived from adjective:
plaguy (for: plaguily)