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pestiferous
adj 1: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [synonym:
{dirty}, {pestiferous}]
2: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey
fevers" [synonym: {pestilent}, {pestilential}, {pestiferous},
{plaguey}]
3: tending to corrupt or pervert [synonym: {corruptive},
{perversive}, {pestiferous}]
4: 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" [synonym: {annoying},
{bothersome}, {galling}, {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky},
{pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing},
{vexatious}, {vexing}]