😠 Annoying or troublesome 🦠 Epidemic-causing

plaguey

1 9.6

Annoying and causing repeated small problems or used to complain strongly

adjective
/ˈpleɪɡi/

Archaic

: molesto

She couldn't stand the plaguey buzzing of the flies in the kitchen.

Examples

That plaguey door keeps sticking every time I try to open it.
His plaguey questions made the meeting drag on far longer than expected.
That was a plaguey situation to deal with.
The plaguey noise kept me up all night!
The plaguey traffic made me late for my appointment.
She found the plaguey interruptions during her presentation very frustrating.
His plaguey habit of biting his nails annoyed everyone around him.

Synonyms

annoying

vsplaguey

415 1.0

Making someone feel bothered or irritated

adds a slightly old or emphatic flavor while keeping the same annoyance sense

irritating

vsplaguey

68 2.9

Making someone feel annoyed or impatient

leans more toward informal intensifying or quaint use rather than plain description

pesky

vsplaguey

54 3.6

Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance

can be used more broadly and more emphatically than petty irritation

infuriating

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27 5.3

Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed

is less about anger and more about old-fashioned emphatic irritation

insufferable

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25 7.5

So unpleasant you cannot stand it

is used for strong annoyance but with less absolute, unbearable sense

maddening

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23 5.3

Very annoying and hard to bear

is milder and often used as a quaint intensifier rather than extreme suffering

bothersome

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13 3.5

Causing annoyance or trouble

often implies a more emphatic, old-fashioned annoyance rather than simple trouble

annoyingly

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13 3.0

In a way that makes people feel bothered

is the more idiomatic or emphatic usage often found in older speech

aggravating

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13 5.4

Making a situation worse or more annoying

is used more as a colorful intensifier rather than describing worsening effects

vexing

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12 7.7

Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated

has a slightly more emphatic or colloquial tone than neutral annoyance

galling

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9 6.8

Making you feel annoyed because something seems unfair or hard to accept

focuses on plain annoyance without implying unfairness or injustice

frustratingly

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6 4.4

In a way that makes you feel annoyed because things are slow or difficult

is more about expressive or emphatic irritation than task-based frustration

obnoxiously

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5 6.4

In a way that annoys and upsets other people

is less strong and often used for mild annoying emphasis

maddeningly

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3 6.6

In a very annoying or frustrating way

is less intense and more colloquial when used to intensify annoyance

teasing

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2 2.7

Causing a feeling that annoys you and does not go away

is broader and less specific about repeated causes of annoyance

irritatingly

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2 4.2

In a way that annoys or makes someone uncomfortable

is more often used as a colorful or intensified form of the same idea

insufferably

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2 8.2

In a very annoying way that people cannot stand

is milder and often used simply to mark annoyance or trouble

vexatious

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1 8.7

Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated

is less formal and more colloquial while keeping the annoyance meaning

dratted

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Archaic

1 8.6

A mild word people use to show they are annoyed about something

is a descriptive or intensifying form rather than an exclamatory expression

nettlesome

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1 9.4

Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems

is more colloquial and used for everyday annoying or troublesome things

pestiferous

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Literature

1 9.9

Making people feel annoyed or troubled

is a more familiar colloquial or emphatic way to signal annoyance

aggravatingly

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1 7.9

In a way that makes people feel annoyed

is the base, sometimes quaint intensifier used for the same annoying sense

niggly

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1 8.4

A small pain or problem that keeps annoying you

is usable for broader or stronger annoyance, not only small persistent faults

cursedly

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Archaic

1 9.5

In a very annoying and unpleasant way

is a more general, less profane or intense way to mark annoyance

plaguy

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Archaic

1 9.9

Causes annoyance or small trouble that makes you feel irritated

is the common modern written form for that same meaning

vexatiously

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1 9.3

In a way that annoys or worries other people, often on purpose

can be used more loosely or emphatically without implying deliberate persistence

irksomely

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Archaic

1 8.5

In an annoying way that bothers other people

is a livelier, sometimes emphatic way to mark the same irritation

plaguily

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Archaic

9.9

In an annoying way that keeps happening and causes trouble

is the base form used more generally as adjective or adverb

Antonyms

pleasant

323 1.0

Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment

enjoyable

115 1.0

Pleasant to do or experience

How Annoying

infuriating

27 5.3

exasperating

6 6.1

vexing

12 7.7

plaguey

Archaic

1 9.6

annoying

415 1.0

bothersome

13 3.5

Surface Forms

plaguey positive

plagueier comparative

plagueiest superlative

Morphology

plaguey = plague (semi-transparent) = plague + y

Figurative extension from 'to plague' (to bother) to mean 'annoying' or an intensifier is somewhat predictable but dialectal.

Etymology

The word plaguey comes from the word plague, used as a verb meaning 'to bother' or 'to trouble', plus the -y ending that makes an adjective. So plaguey means irritating or troublesome, and people also use it to say something is very annoying.