pesky

See also: pěšky

English

Etymology

Possibly from pesty. Compare similar alteration between nasty and nasky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛski/, enPR: pĕʹski

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

pesky (comparative peskier, superlative peskiest)

1. (informal) Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:annoying

Derived terms

• peskily
• peskiness

 

Translations

annoying, troublesome, irritating

• Bulgarian: досаден (bg) (dosaden), отегчителен (bg) (otegčitelen)
• Czech: otravný (cs)
• Dutch: irritant (nl), vervelend (nl), rottig (nl), lastig (nl)
• Esperanto: incitema
• Finnish: ärsyttävä (fi)
• French: agaçant (fr)
• German: nervtötend, lästig (de), ärgerlich (de), nervig (de)
• Greek: εκνευριστικός (el) (eknevristikós)
• Ido: tedanto (io), tedero (io)
• Italian: molesto (it), fastidioso (it)
• Macedonian: до́саден (dósaden), здо́девен (zdódeven)
• Norwegian: plagsom (no)
• Polish: cholerny (pl), upierdliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: chato (pt), irritante (pt)
• Romanian: agasant (ro) m, enervant (ro) m
• Russian: надое́дливый (ru) (nadojédlivyj), доку́чливый (ru) (dokúčlivyj), навя́зчивый (ru) (navjázčivyj), назо́йливый (ru) (nazójlivyj)
• Swedish: irriterande (sv)
• Turkish: can sıkıcı (tr), nahoş (tr), sinir bozucu

Anagrams

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