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Meaning of PLAGUEY

Pronunciation:  'pleygee

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 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!"
  2. [adj]  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"
  3. [adj]  likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers"
 
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 Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, disagreeable, epidemic, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguelike, plaguily, plaguy, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing
 

 

 

 

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