Synonyms of pestilential

pestilential

adjective

ˌpe-stə-ˈlen(t)-shəl 

as in annoying

causing annoyance

these pestilential little mosquitoes!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoying
• frustrating
• irritating
• disturbing
• pestiferous
• aggravating
• vexatious
• irksome
• maddening
• pestilent
• exasperating
• vexing
• abrasive
• painful
• pesky
• nettlesome
• bothersome
• rebarbative
• plaguey
• carking
• nettling
• pesty
• galling
• distractive
• rankling
• chafing
• peeving
• riling
• troublesome
• stressful
• displeasing
• importunate
• mischievous
• burdensome
• troubling
• biting
• disquieting
• infuriating
• offensive
• distressing
• tiresome
• discomforting
• upsetting
• enraging
• worrisome
• spiny
• importune
• thorny
• angering
• trying
• inconveniencing
• brattish
• bratty
• jarring
• grating
• jangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delightful
• pleasing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pestilential

Some doctors employed wildly improbable cures when treating these pestilential tumors. — 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. — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

But life back then was pretty sketchy and precarious even without pestilential rats running around, unbound. — 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. — wsj.com, 12 May 2023

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