as in annoying
causing annoyance
the pesky problem of what to do with all the leftovers
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Recent Examples of pesky
After quite a few delays (pesky North American compliance), the roof rack brand’s rooftop tent alternative is finally hitting the market.
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The Editors, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The fact that Osbourne’s daughter Kelly, 40, performed at the ceremony — and had to deal with some pesky wind.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
What are the best options for removing some of those pesky hairs?
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 8 Aug. 2025
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The Editors, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The fact that Osbourne’s daughter Kelly, 40, performed at the ceremony — and had to deal with some pesky wind.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
What are the best options for removing some of those pesky hairs?
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pesky
Adjective
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The sheer amount of toilet humor — there’s a lot of mucus, snot, and jokes about people drinking piss stuffed into one film — often proves more annoying than fun.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
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For a good portion of the audience, Metal Gear Solid Delta will hit all the right notes by being a nice jaunt down memory lane to a time when these ideas and systems were innovative rather than annoying.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But the most frustrating point among them is the argument shared by several critics and a wider collection of the audience that the film doesn’t have a deeper meaning and is ultimately about nothing.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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This hypothesis sounds persuasive, albeit frustrating for me.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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There’s nothing more irritating than looking in the bathroom mirror only to notice that the beautiful design of your necklace is actually on the backside of your neck, while the clasp is sitting front and center.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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Born from the founder’s personal battle with eczema, the brand is a breath of fresh air in a world full of irritating, complicated formulas.—
Allure,
Allure,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Pesky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pesky. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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