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for pesky
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Pesky \Pes"ky\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.
[Colloq. & Low, U.S.] --Judd.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
pesky
adj 1: 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" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling,
irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering,
pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "pesky":
aggravating, annoying, awful, awfully, bothering, bothersome,
damned, disturbing, dreadful, dreadfully, exasperating, extremely,
galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
irritating, mean, monstrous, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing,
terribly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, troublous,
ugly, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrisome, worrying
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