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PESKY (peskier, peskiest)
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, peskiest Dictionary entry overview: What does pesky mean?
• PESKY (adjective)
The adjective PESKY has 1 sense:
1. causing irritation or annoyance
Familiarity information: PESKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: peskiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms:
annoying; bothersome; galling; irritating; nettlesome; pesky; pestering; pestiferous; plaguey; plaguy; teasing; vexatious; vexing
Context example:
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Context examples
"I ain't been trailed this way by wolves before, but I've gone through a whole lot worse an' kept my health. Takes more'n a handful of them pesky critters to do for yours truly, Bill, my son."
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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