pestiferous

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pestiferous Definition

(s) contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
(s) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
(s) tending to corrupt or pervert
(s) 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 m

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