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pesky
CIDE DICTIONARY
pesky, a. [Etymol. uncertain.].
Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive. Judd. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pesky, adj. (peskier, peskiest) esp. US colloq. troublesome; confounded; annoying.
Derivative
peskily adv. peskiness n.
Etymology
18th c.: perh. f. PEST
THESAURUS
pesky
aggravating, annoying, awful, awfully, bothering, bothersome, damned, disturbing, dreadful, dreadfully, exasperating, extremely, galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, mean, monstrous, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, terribly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, troublous, ugly, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrisome, worryingFor further exploring for "pesky" in Webster Dictionary Online