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[ adjective ] likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Synonyms Examples "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift "plaguelike diseases" "plaguey fevers" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] contaminated with infecting organisms
Synonyms Examples "dirty wounds" "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen Related terms |
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[ adjective ] causing irritation or annoyance
Examples "tapping an annoying rhythm" "a particularly bothersome noise" "found it galling to have to ask permission" "an irritating delay" "nettlesome paperwork" "a pesky mosquito" "swarms of pestering gnats" Related terms |
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