Pestiferous - Definition

adj 1: contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds";
"obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn:
dirty, pestiferous]
2: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey
fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous,
plaguey]
3: tending to corrupt or pervert [syn: corruptive,
perversive, pestiferous]
4: 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, pesky,
pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing]