pestiferous

/pɛstˈɪfəɹəs/

/pɛstˈɪfɚɹəs/

[adjective]

pestiferous

[ADJECTIVE]

causing irritation or annoyance

synonyms : annoying

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

synonyms : pestilent

pestilential

plaguey

tending to corrupt or pervert

synonyms : corruptive

perversive

contaminated with infecting organisms

synonyms : dirty

Examples

1. I got rid of most of them and I turned this into a closet garden which initially had edibles in here, and that was actually how I invited so many pestiferous insects into my house is actually by doing a lot of edibles.

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