as in annoying
causing annoyance
these pestilential little mosquitoes!
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Recent Examples of pestilential
Some doctors employed wildly improbable cures when treating these pestilential tumors.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
Here a book worth considering is ‘From third world to first’ - Lee Kwan Yew's first person story of transforming Singapore from a pestilential swamp into a metropolis.
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Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2023
He is reported to have participated in a pestilential online gun culture, replete with tasteless japing about mass shootings.
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wsj.com,
12 May 2023
This includes whenever there the existence of any malignant, contagious, or pestilential disease in the County, to investigate such report and ascertain, as correctly as possible, the causes which produced such disease, to adopt measures to arrest its progress.
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Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2022
The Spanish flu washed over the world in three pestilential waves during 1918 and 1919.
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Damon Linker,
The Week,
23 June 2021
Our national experience with the role of state and local governments in casino gambling should have taught us that there is a world of difference between sensible reform and making government a revenue-seeking partner in a pestilential business.
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The Editors,
National Review,
7 Dec. 2020
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
Here a book worth considering is ‘From third world to first’ - Lee Kwan Yew's first person story of transforming Singapore from a pestilential swamp into a metropolis.
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Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2023
He is reported to have participated in a pestilential online gun culture, replete with tasteless japing about mass shootings.
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wsj.com,
12 May 2023
This includes whenever there the existence of any malignant, contagious, or pestilential disease in the County, to investigate such report and ascertain, as correctly as possible, the causes which produced such disease, to adopt measures to arrest its progress.
—
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2022
The Spanish flu washed over the world in three pestilential waves during 1918 and 1919.
—
Damon Linker,
The Week,
23 June 2021
Our national experience with the role of state and local governments in casino gambling should have taught us that there is a world of difference between sensible reform and making government a revenue-seeking partner in a pestilential business.
—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pestilential
Adjective
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Scam texts are annoying for everyone.
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Others have blamed everything from feminism and long work commutes to annoying kiddy car seats.
Adjective
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So with that, that is extremely frustrating to, to members of Congress, especially Senate Republicans who think legislation like the bipartisan housing bill is good for voters heading into the midterms.
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But months later, Feldstein Soto’s office still hasn’t executed the contracts, frustrating tenants rights advocates and the nonprofits, which are struggling to pay their staff without the funds from the city.
Adjective
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Greenberg tried his best to ignore an irritating ankle injury that had plagued him the last couple of weeks and grimaced under the hazy sunlight as the pitcher, probably 20 or more years his junior, stared him down.
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The hypoallergenic face serum is free from potentially irritating ingredients, such as parabens and synthetic fragrances, too.
Adjective
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The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.
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This past Juneteenth weekend saw a spate of shooting incidents that underscored a disturbing trend.
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“Pestilential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pestilential. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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