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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, irksome, nagging, troublesome, trying, vexatious, vexing |
| Main Entry: | pesky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disturbing, irksome, mean, nettlesome, peeving, provoking, troublesome, ugly, vexatious, vexing, wicked |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, untroubling |
| Main Entry: | prickly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorny or difficult |
| Synonyms: | annoying, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, complicated, echinated, intricate, involved, knotty, nettlesome, pointed, sharp, spiny, stimulating, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying |
| Antonyms: | smooth |
| Main Entry: | thorny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, problematic |
| Synonyms: | awkward, baffling, bothersome, formidable, harassing, hard, irksome, nettlesome, perplexing, prickly, severe, sticky, ticklish, tough, tricky, troublesome, trying, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, worrying |
| Antonyms: | easy, solvable, untroublesome |
| Main Entry: | plaguy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vexatious |
| Synonyms: | afflicting, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, mean, nagging, nettlesome, pesky, provoking, teasing, tormenting, troublesome, troublous, trying, ugly*, unpleasant, upsetting, wicked, worrisome, worrying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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