| ADVERB | all | plaguey, plaguy, plaguily | in a disagreeable manner |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | plaguey, pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous | likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |
| all | plaguey, annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing | causing irritation or annoyance |
| Meaning | likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease. | |
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| Example | "plaguey fevers" | |
| Synonyms | pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous | |
| Broader | epidemic | (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease |
| Nouns | plague | any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| Meaning | Causing irritation or annoyance. | |
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| Example | "a plaguey newfangled safety catch" | |
| Synonyms | annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing | |
| Broader | disagreeable | not to your liking |
| Spanish | cargante, enfadoso, enojoso, fastidioso, irritante, molesto, pesado, vejatorio | |
| Catalan | empipador, emprenyador, enfadós, enutjós, irritant, molest, ofenós, pesat, vexador, vexant, vexatori | |
| Nouns | plague | an annoyance |
| Meaning | In a disagreeable manner. | |
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| Example | "it's so plaguey cold!" | |
| Synonyms | plaguy, plaguily | |
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