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1. (adj.) pestiferous
bringing or bearing disease.
2. pestiferous
pernicious; dangerous.
3. pestiferous
troublesome; annoying.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < L pestiferus plague-bringing =pesti- (s. of pestis) pest+-ferus -ferous)
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1. (adj) dirty, pestiferous
contaminated with infecting organisms
"dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
2. (adj) pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
"a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
3. (adj) corruptive, perversive, pestiferous
tending to corrupt or pervert
4. (adj) annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
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"
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1. (adj) pestiferous
pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies
2. (adj) pestiferous
noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue
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