Synonyms: annoying, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, bothersome, vexatious, vexing, teasing, irritating, plaguey, plaguy, galling
Definition: causing irritation or annoyance
Usage: 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: pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguey
Definition: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Usage: a pestilential malignancy in the air- Jonathan Swift; plaguey fevers
Similar words: epidemic
Definition: (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
Usage: an epidemic outbreak of influenza