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Pestiferous

Pestiferous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pestiferous? [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pestiferous: annoying \| bothersome \| disagreeable \| galling \| irritating \| nettlesome \| pesky \| pestering \| plaguey \| plaguy \| teasing \| vexatious \| vexing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pestiferous: aggravating \| annoying \| bad \| bad for \| baneful \| bothering \| bothersome \| catching \| communicable \| contagious \| contaminated \| deadly \| destructive \| disturbing \| endemic \| envenomed \| epidemial \| epidemic \| epiphytotic \| epizootic \| exasperating \| foul \| galling \| harassing \| harmful \| importunate \| importune \| infectious \| infective \| injurious \| inoculable \| insalubrious \| insanitary \| irking \| irksome \| irritating \| malign \| malignant \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmatic \| miasmic \| morbific \| noisome \| noxious \| pandemic \| pathogenic \| peccant \| pesky \| pestering \| pestilent \| pestilential \| plaguesome \| plaguey \| plaguing \| poisonous \| polluted \| provoking \| septic \| sporadic \| spreading \| tainted \| taking \| teasing \| tiresome \| tormenting \| toxic \| toxicant \| toxiferous \| troublesome \| troubling \| unhealthful \| unhealthy \| unhygienic \| unsanitary \| unwholesome \| venenate \| veneniferous \| venenous \| venomous \| vexatious \| vexing \| virulent \| wearisome \| worrisome \| worrying \| zymotic See Also \| Pestiferous In Webster's Dictionary \Pestif"erous\, a. [L. pestiferus, pestifer; pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestif[`e]re.] 1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. ``Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms.'' --Evelyn. ``Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations.'' --Burke. 2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. --Shak.

Pestiferous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pestiferous?

[adj] 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"

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Pestiferous In Webster's Dictionary

\Pes*tif"er*ous\, a. [L. pestiferus, pestifer;
pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestif[`e]re.]
1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant;
   infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. ``Poor,
   pestiferous creatures begging alms.'' --Evelyn.
   ``Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations.'' --Burke.

2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious;
   hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.

         Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. --Shak.

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