Definition of Pestiferous

Adjective

  • 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"
  • tending to corrupt or pervert
  • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
    "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
    "plaguey fevers"
  • contaminated with infecting organisms
    "dirty wounds"
    "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble pestiferous

1131 unscramble word found using the letters pestiferous.
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