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PESKY (peskier, peskiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: peskier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, peskiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pesky mean? 

PESKY (adjective)
  The adjective PESKY has 1 sense:

1. causing irritation or annoyanceplay

  Familiarity information: PESKY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PESKY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: peskier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: peskiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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