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PLAGUEY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing irritation or annoyance
Example:
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Synonyms:
annoying; bothersome; galling; irritating; nettlesome; pesky; pestering; pestiferous; plaguey; plaguy; teasing; vexatious; vexing
Classified under:
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Derivation:
plague (an annoyance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Example:
plaguey fevers
Synonyms:
pestiferous; pestilent; pestilential; plaguey
Classified under:
Similar:
epidemic ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously)
Derivation:
plague (any epidemic disease with a high death rate)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a disagreeable manner
Example:
it's so plaguey cold!
Synonyms:
plaguey; plaguily; plaguy
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