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Pest vs Irksome - What's the difference?

pest | irksome |

As a noun pest

is a plague, pestilence, epidemic.

As an adjective irksome is

disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.

pest

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
  • An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.
  • An annoying person.
  • (British, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers uninterested women.
    • Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

    Synonyms

    * (creature ) bug

    Related terms

    * pester * pesthole * pesthouse * pesticidal, pesticide * pestiferous * pestilence, pestilent, pestilential

    Anagrams

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    irksome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
    • He has this irksome habit of racing up to red lights, so he has to brake heavily.

    Related terms

    * irk * irksomely * irksomeness

    Anagrams

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