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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;
- Example: "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- Example: "plaguey fevers"
[syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey]

2. causing irritation or annoyance;
- Example: "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"
- Example: "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"
- Example: "found it galling to have to ask permission"
- Example: "an irritating delay"
- Example: "nettlesome paperwork"
- Example: "a pesky mosquito"
- Example: "swarms of pestering gnats"
- Example: "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"
- Example: "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"
- Example: "a vexatious child"
- Example: "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
[syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]


ADVERB (1)

1. in a disagreeable manner;
- Example: "it's so plaguey cold!"
[syn: plaguey, plaguy, plaguily]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plaguey
    adv 1: in a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!" [syn:
           plaguey, plaguy, plaguily]
    adj 1: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
           pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift;
           "plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential,
           pestiferous, plaguey]
    2: 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, pesky,
       pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
       vexatious, vexing]