plaguy

1 9.9

Causes annoyance or small trouble that makes you feel irritated

adjective
/ˈpleɪɡi/

Archaic

: molesto

That plaguy alarm clock woke me up at five in the morning again.

Examples

That plaguy mosquito kept buzzing around my ear.
We had to wait for hours in the plaguy heat with nothing to do.
He could not ignore the plaguy feeling that he had forgotten something important.
He found the plaguy noise quite distracting.
The plaguy delays in the project made everyone frustrated.
She found the plaguy interruptions during her meeting quite irritating.
I can only tolerate that plaguy noise for so long before it drives me mad.

Synonyms

annoying

vsplaguy

415 1.0

Making someone feel bothered or irritated

is a literary alternative often used in older texts

irritating

vsplaguy

68 2.9

Making someone feel annoyed or impatient

has an older literary flavor and flexible grammatical use

pesky

vsplaguy

54 3.6

Causing small but persistent trouble or annoyance

is slightly more old-fashioned and can appear as adverb or adjective

infuriating

vsplaguy

27 5.3

Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed

expresses milder, older-style annoyance rather than intense anger

maddening

vsplaguy

23 5.3

Very annoying and hard to bear

is less intense and more classically literary in tone

bothersome

vsplaguy

13 3.5

Causing annoyance or trouble

is more archaic and can function as both adjective and adverb

annoyingly

vsplaguy

13 3.0

In a way that makes people feel bothered

is the older adverbial form used mainly in literature

aggravating

vsplaguy

13 5.4

Making a situation worse or more annoying

is mainly a literary descriptor of annoyance rather than effect increase

vexing

vsplaguy

12 7.7

Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated

leans toward older or literary usage rather than neutral modern speech

galling

vsplaguy

9 6.8

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

focuses on irritation in an older or literary register

frustratingly

vsplaguy

6 4.4

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

is an older, simpler term for causing annoyance or trouble

teasing

vsplaguy

2 2.7

Causing a feeling that annoys you and does not go away

is more generally used for trouble or irritation in literature

irritatingly

vsplaguy

2 4.2

In a way that annoys or makes someone uncomfortable

is the archaic form used both as adjective and adverb

vexatious

vsplaguy

1 8.7

Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated

is more literary and used both adjectivally and adverbially

dratted

vsplaguy

Archaic

1 8.6

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

is more literary and can function adverbially as well as adjectivally

pestering

vsplaguy

1 3.2

A person who annoys another person by asking again and again

covers annoyance more generally and is used in older language

nettlesome

vsplaguy

1 9.4

Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems

is a more archaic, literary way to describe such trouble

pestiferous

vsplaguy

Literature

1 9.9

Making people feel annoyed or troubled

is similar but is common in older or literary language

aggravatingly

vsplaguy

1 7.9

In a way that makes people feel annoyed

is an older, versatile term used in literature

naggingly

vsplaguy

1 6.1

In a way that annoys or worries someone again and again

is the older form used for general annoying or troublesome manners

niggly

vsplaguy

1 8.4

A small pain or problem that keeps annoying you

is a broader older term for causing trouble or irritation

cursedly

vsplaguy

Archaic

1 9.5

In a very annoying and unpleasant way

is milder and used historically in older English

plaguey

vsplaguy

Archaic

1 9.6

Annoying and causing repeated small problems or used to complain strongly

is the older literary term used both as adjective and adverb

vexatiously

vsplaguy

1 9.3

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

is older literary language rather than formal modern usage

plaguily

vsplaguy

Archaic

9.9

In an annoying way that keeps happening and causes trouble

is the adjectival and adverbial form used in older literature

Antonyms

pleasant

323 1.0

Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment

agreeable

22 1.0

Pleasant to be with or to experience

How Annoying

infuriating

27 5.3

exasperating

6 6.1

vexing

12 7.7

plaguy

Archaic

1 9.9

annoying

415 1.0

bothersome

13 3.5

Surface Forms

plaguy positive

Morphology

plaguy = plague (transparent) = plague + y

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-y' to 'plague' and the meaning 'annoying/troublesome' follows directly from 'plague' (to bother).

Etymology

The word plaguy comes from plague, a word for 'a disease' or 'a great trouble'. So plaguy means 'annoying' or 'troublesome', like something that keeps 'plaguing' you.