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PLAGUEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plaguey mean?
• PLAGUEY (adjective)
The adjective PLAGUEY has 2 senses:
1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
2. causing irritation or annoyance
Familiarity information: PLAGUEY used as an adjective is rare.
• PLAGUEY (adverb)
The adverb PLAGUEY has 1 sense:
1. in a disagreeable manner
Familiarity information: PLAGUEY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Synonyms:
pestiferous; pestilent; pestilential; plaguey
Context example:
plaguey fevers
Similar:
epidemic ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously)
Derivation:
plague (any epidemic disease with a high death rate)
Sense 2
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)
Derivation:
plague (an annoyance)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a disagreeable manner
Synonyms:
Context example:
it's so plaguey cold!
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