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pestiferous
(mass) | pestiferous
- obtiažny |
pestiferous
(encz) | pestiferous,obtížný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pestiferous
(encz) | pestiferous,zhoubný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pestiferous
(gcide) | Pestiferous \Pes*tif"er*ous\, a. [L. pestiferus, pestifer;
pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestif[`e]re.]
1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant;
infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor,
pestiferous creatures begging alms." --Evelyn.
"Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." --Burke.
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2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious;
hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
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Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. --Shak.
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pestiferous
(wn) | pestiferous
adj 1: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn:
dirty, pestiferous]
2: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey
fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous,
plaguey]
3: tending to corrupt or pervert [syn: corruptive,
perversive, pestiferous]
4: 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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pestiferous
(mass) | pestiferous
- obtiažny |
pestiferous
(encz) | pestiferous,obtížný adj: Zdeněk Brožpestiferous,zhoubný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
annoying galling chafing irritating nettlesome pesky pestiferous pestilent plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Pestiferously
(gcide) | Pestiferously \Pes*tif"er*ous*ly\, adv.
In a pestiferous manner.
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pestiferous
(wn) | pestiferous
adj 1: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn:
dirty, pestiferous]
2: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey
fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous,
plaguey]
3: tending to corrupt or pervert [syn: corruptive,
perversive, pestiferous]
4: 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] |
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