Pesky

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pesky \Pes"ky\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.
     [Colloq. & Low, U.S.] --Judd.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pesky
       adj : 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}, {pestering}, {pestiferous},
              {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing}, {vexatious}, {vexing}]
       [also: {peskiest}, {peskier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "pesky":
     aggravating, annoying, awful, awfully, bothering, bothersome,
     damned, disturbing, dreadful, dreadfully, exasperating, extremely,
     galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
     irritating, mean, monstrous, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
     pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing,
     terribly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, troublous,
     ugly, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrisome, worrying