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Webster 1913 Edition

Pesky

Pes′ky

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Adj.

[Etymol. uncertain.]

Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.

[Colloq. & Low, U.S.]

Judd.

Definition 2024

pesky

pesky

See also: pěšky

English

Adjective

pesky ‎(comparative peskier, superlative peskiest)

Annoying, troublesome, irritating.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:annoying

Translations

annoying, troublesome, irritating

Dutch: irritant (nl), vervelend (nl)
Finnish: ärsyttävä (fi)
French: agaçant (fr)
German: nervtötend, lästig (de), ärgerlich (de)
Ido: tedanto, tedero
Italian: molesto (it) m, molesta (it) f, fastidioso (it) m, fastidiosa (it) f

Norwegian: plagsom (no)
Portuguese: chato (pt), irritante (pt)
Russian: надое́дливый (ru) ‎(nadojédlivyj), доку́чливый (ru) ‎(dokúčlivyj), навя́зчивый (ru) ‎(navjázčivyj), назо́йливый (ru) ‎(nazójlivyj)
Swedish: irriterande (sv)
Turkish: can sıkıcı (tr), nahoş (tr), sinir bozucu

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