pestiferous

英 [pe'stɪf(ə)rəs] 美[pɛs'tɪfərəs]

近义词 troublesome

1. contaminated with infecting organisms;: "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

2. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;: "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"

4. 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"

pestiferous (adj.): mid-15c., "mischievous, pernicious," figurative use of Latin pestiferus "that brings plague or destruction," variant of pestifer "bringing plague, destructive, noxious," from pestis "plague" (see pest) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Related: Pestiferously; pestiferousness.