About The Word Pest

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Pest

Pest Meaning & Definition
Pest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pest?

[n] a persistently annoying person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pest: blighter | cuss | gadfly | pesterer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pest: affliction | aggravation | ambulatory plague | annoyance | annoyer | bad news | badgerer | bane | bedevilment | besetment | black death | black plague | blast | blight | bore | bother | botheration | bothersomeness | bubonic plague | bugbear | bully | burden | buttonholer | calamity | cancer | canker | cellulocutaneous plague | crashing bore | crushing burden | curse | death | defervescing plague | destruction | devilment | difficulty | disease | dogging | downer | drag | drip | dry rot | dryasdust | dusty | epidemic | epiphytotic | epizootic | evil | exasperation | flat tire | frightful bore | fungus | gadfly | glandular plague | grievance | harasser | harassment | harm | harrier | harrying | headache | heckler | hemorrhagic plague | hounding | humdrum | infliction | irritant | larval plague | mildew | mold | molestation | moth | moth and rust | murrain | must | nag | nemesis | nudnik | nudzh | nuisance | open wound | pandemia | pandemic | persecution | persecutor | pester | pesterer | pesthole | pestilence | pill | plague | plague spot | plaguer | pneumonic plague | premonitory plague | problem | proser | rot | running sore | rust | sadist | scourge | septicemic plague | siderating plague | smut | tease | teaser | thorn | torment | tormentor | trial | trouble | tuberculosis | twaddler | vexation | vexatiousness | visitation | wet blanket | white plague | woe | worm | worriment | worry

See Also | nudnick | nudnik | persecutor | tormenter | tormentor

Pest In Webster's Dictionary

\Pest\, n. [L. pestis: cf. F. peste.] 1. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague. England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest. --Cowper. 2. Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. ``A pest and public enemy.'' --South.

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