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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. causing irritation or annoyance;
- Example: "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"
- Example: "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"
- Example: "found it galling to have to ask permission"
- Example: "an irritating delay"
- Example: "nettlesome paperwork"
- Example: "a pesky mosquito"
- Example: "swarms of pestering gnats"
- Example: "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"
- Example: "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"
- Example: "a vexatious child"
- Example: "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
[syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pesky \Pes"ky\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.
   [Colloq. & Low, U.S.] --Judd.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pesky
    adj 1: 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" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling,
           irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering,
           pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
           vexatious, vexing]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "pesky":
   aggravating, annoying, awful, awfully, bothering, bothersome,
   damned, disturbing, dreadful, dreadfully, exasperating, extremely,
   galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
   irritating, mean, monstrous, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
   pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing,
   terribly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, troublous,
   ugly, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrisome, worrying