Pesky \Pes"ky\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.
[Colloq. & Low, U.S.] --Judd.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pesky
adj : 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, pestering, pestiferous,
plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]
[also: peskiest, peskier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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