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pesky
  1. (informal) Annoying, troublesome, irritating.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. aggravating, annoying, bothersome, vexatious, vexing, exasperating, galling, irritating, irksome, maddening, provoking, rankling, troublesome, harassing, abrasive, riling, carking, chafing, disturbing, frustrating, mean, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguy, ugly, wicked, pesty, plaguey, rebarbative, trying, infuriating, tiresome, infernal, upsetting, disagreeable, displeasing, nagging, confounded, unpleasant, grating, troubling, cussed, wearisome, burdensome, distressing, tedious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I quickly sat up starting a combination of burps and breathholding to get rid of the pesky hiccups I'd gotten.”
      “It is somewhat troubling how convenient these security measures are in terms of keeping pesky reporters at bay.”
      “One often sees the police on foot patrol wearing expensive imported gym shoes, which help to run down these pesky robbers.”
peskier
  1. comparative form of pesky: more pesky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meaner, plaguier, uglier, wickeder, more annoying, more bothersome, more vexatious, more exasperating, more galling, more irritating, more irksome, more maddening, more troublesome, more abrasive, more disturbing, more frustrating, more nettlesome, more pestiferous, more pestilent, more pestilential, more pesty, more rebarbative, more infuriating, more trying, more tiresome, more infernal, more disagreeable, more upsetting, more confounded, more cussed, more displeasing, more nagging, unpleasanter, more troubling, more wearisome, more burdensome, more distressing, more tedious, more inconvenient, awkwarder, difficulter, more worrisome, more unsettling, more unwelcome, more worrying, wretcheder, more wearing, more disconcerting, thornier, more accursed … more
peskiest
  1. superlative form of pesky: most pesky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meanest, plaguiest, ugliest, wickedest, most annoying, most bothersome, most vexatious, most exasperating, most galling, most irritating, most irksome, most maddening, most troublesome, most abrasive, most disturbing, most frustrating, most nettlesome, most pestiferous, most pestilent, most pestilential, most pesty, most rebarbative, most infuriating, most trying, most tiresome, most infernal, most disagreeable, most upsetting, most confounded, most cussed, most displeasing, most nagging, unpleasantest, most troubling, most wearisome, most burdensome, most distressing, most tedious, most inconvenient, awkwardest, difficultest, most worrisome, most unsettling, most unwelcome, most worrying, wretchedest, most wearing, most disconcerting, thorniest, most accursed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Every animal, big and small, from the peskiest mosquito to the exotically beautiful peacock, everyone was special and placed on the earth by God.”
      “Now, a Purdue University study has suggested that one of the peskiest household pests, while disastrous to homes, could prove to be a boon for cars.”
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