en:annoying • bothersome • galling • irritating • nettlesome • pesky • pestering • pestiferous • plaguey • plaguy • teasing • vexatious • vexing^en

• adj.
  ⦿causing irritation or annoyance
  lexical concept
• a pesky mosquito
• a plaguey newfangled safety catch
• a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
• a vexatious child
• aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
• an irritating delay
• found it galling to have to ask permission
• it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
• nettlesome paperwork
• swarms of pestering gnats
• tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork

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