- plaguey
- also plaguy adjective Date: 1615 causing irritation or annoyance ; troublesome • plaguey adverb • plaguily adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
plaguey
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plaguey — (adj.) vexatious, 1610s, from PLAGUE (Cf. plague) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
plaguey — I adjective 1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease a pestilential malignancy in the air Jonathan Swift plaguey fevers • Syn: ↑pestilent, ↑pestilential, ↑pestiferous • Similar to: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plaguey — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See plaguy … English dictionary for students
plaguey — pleɪgɪ adj. annoying, irritating; bothersome, harassing … English contemporary dictionary
plaguey — pla·guey … English syllables
annoying galling chafing irritating nettlesome pesky pestiferous pestilent plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plaguy — I 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… … Useful english dictionary
annoying — I noun the act of troubling or annoying someone • Syn: ↑annoyance, ↑irritation, ↑vexation • Derivationally related forms: ↑vex (for: ↑vexation), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
galling — adjective causing irritation or annoyance (Freq. 1) 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… … Useful english dictionary
irritating — adjective 1. causing irritation or annoyance (Freq. 1) 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… … Useful english dictionary
