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Pestiferous

Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

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Disagreeable 84% connected

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

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Disagreeable 84% connected

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

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Epidemic 84% connected

Alt. of Epidemical

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Epidemic 84% connected

Alt. of Epidemical

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Infected 84% connected

of Infect

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Infected 84% connected

of Infect

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Septic 84% connected

Of the seventh degree or order.

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Septic 84% connected

Of the seventh degree or order.

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Pestilence 74% connected

Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

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Pestilence 74% connected

Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

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Synonym 15

Annoying 92% connected

of Annoy

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Bothersome 92% connected

Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

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Corruptive 92% connected

Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.

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Dirty 92% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Galling 92% connected

of Gall

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Irritating 92% connected

of Irritate

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Perversive 92% connected

Tending to pervert.

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Pesky 92% connected

Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.

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Pestering 92% connected

of Pester

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Pestilent 92% connected

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

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Pestilential 92% connected

Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.

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Plaguy 92% connected

Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."

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Teasing 92% connected

of Tease

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Vexatious 92% connected

Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.

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Vexing 92% connected

of Vex

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