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
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pestilential
Adjective
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This is a realm of exposition-heavy opening credits, relentlessly earwormy theme tunes, and heroes who, for no obvious reason, choose to hang out with cute/annoying [delete as appropriate] comedy sidekicks like Orko and Snarf.
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This would have evoked annoying memories of the 0-0 draw against Morocco in 2022 and 1-1 draw with Russia in 2018 for Spain.
Adjective
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Two months after another frustrating playoff finish, the 76ers now look ahead with a reasonable expectation to be among the conference favorites next season.
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Residents said the latest delay is especially frustrating because the pool also remained closed for much of last summer after a water line ruptured while it was being filled.
Adjective
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Few workplace behaviors are as small, common and irritating as the message that goes unanswered.
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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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There were many disturbing parts of Kerstin’s story left unpursued.
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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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“Pestilential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pestilential. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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