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Plaguey

adjective
1.
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.  Synonyms: pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential.  "Plaguey fevers"
2.
Causing irritation or annoyance.  Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing.  "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"






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"Plaguey" Quotes from Famous Books



... groaned; "what a long time it does take a wound to get well in this plaguey country. I know ...
— Blue Jackets - The Log of the Teaser • George Manville Fenn



Words linked to "Plaguey" :   epidemic, plaguy, plague, disagreeable



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