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) (file)

Adjective

pesky (comparative peskier, superlative peskiest)

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

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:annoying

Derived terms

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

Skype, kypes, pykes, skype

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