pestiferous
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(s) contaminated with infecting organisms
- dirty wounds
- "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
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(s) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
- "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- plaguey fevers
- (s) tending to corrupt or pervert corruptive, perversive,
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(s) 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