pestiferous
11pestiferous — Australian Slang mischievous, troublesome, or annoying …
12pestiferous — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. virulent, toxic, unhealthy; see harmful , deadly , poisonous …
13pestiferous — bringing plague or pestilence Bearing and Carrying …
14pestiferous — pÉ™ stɪfÉ™rÉ™s adj. causes disease, infectious; harmful, injurious …
15pestiferous — adjective 1》 literary harbouring infection and disease. 2》 humorous annoying. Origin ME: from L. pestifer bringing pestilence + ous …
16pestiferous — a. 1. Pestilential, infectious, contagious, pest bearing, infected, malignant, morbific. 2. Noxious, mischievous, venomous, malignant, vexatious, troublesome, malign, injurious, destructive …
17pestiferous — adj See pestilent …
18pestiferous — pes·tif·er·ous …
19pestiferous — pes•tif•er•ous [[t]pɛˈstɪf ər əs[/t]] adj. 1) pat bringing or bearing disease 2) pernicious; dangerous 3) troublesome; annoying • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME < L pestiferus plague bringing =pesti (s. of pestis) pest+ ferus ferous… …
20pestiferous — /pɛsˈtɪfərəs/ (say pes tifuhruhs) adjective 1. carrying or producing plague. 2. → pestilential. 3. pernicious in any way. 4. Colloquial mischievous, troublesome, or annoying. {Latin pestifer plague bringing + ous} –pestiferously, adverb …