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pestiferous
adjective
Causing irritation or annoyance
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ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs
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adjective
Causing irritation or annoyance
“Tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”
adjective
Tending to corrupt or pervert
adjective
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
“{'source': 'Jonathan Swift', 'text': 'a pestilential malignancy in the air'}”
adjective
Contaminated with infecting organisms
“Dirty wounds”
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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
{'source': 'Jonathan Swift', 'text': 'a pestilential malignancy in the air'}
Plaguey fevers
Dirty wounds
{'source': 'Jane Austen', 'text': 'obliged to go into infected rooms'}
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