peskiness

5.6

Small annoying things that make life difficult

noun
/ˈpɛskiˌnɪs/

: molestia

The peskiness of the constant interruptions made it hard for her to concentrate.

Examples

His peskiness in constantly asking questions annoyed everyone in the meeting.
The peskiness of the bugs in the garden made it difficult to enjoy the summer evenings.
But if all the peskiness of the doubters was getting him down, why didn't he seize the opportunity to make a well-publicized and definite oath that, in fact, the lunar landings truly happened?

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They've become very unresponsive to my inquiries lately (I think I've kind of been shit-listed, just for general peskiness), so I have a feeling we're all going to see the designs when the rest of the country does.

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Synonyms

peevishness

vspeskiness

1 7.3

A tendency to become easily annoyed and impatient

is about causing annoyance or trouble rather than feeling irritability

bothersomeness

vspeskiness

5.9

How annoying or inconvenient something is

is identical in meaning to that nuisance quality

troublesomeness

vspeskiness

6.8

To cause problems, worry, or bother

is more about causing trouble or worry than mere annoyance

annoyingness

vspeskiness

4.7

How much something bothers you

also includes being troublesome beyond mild irritation

Antonyms

pleasantness

2 3.4

A feeling that something is nice and enjoyable

delightfulness

1 3.7

A quality that makes people feel great pleasure

How Annoying

exasperation

15 5.7

annoyance

26 2.8

peskiness

5.6

nuisance

62 3.6

Surface Forms

peskiness singular

peskinesses plural

Morphology

peskiness = pesky (transparent) = pesky + ness

Formed by the regular derivation 'pesky' (annoying) + '-ness' giving the state or quality, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word peskiness comes from pesky, which likely comes from the common word pest, meaning 'annoying creature'. So, peskiness is the 'pest-like' quality — the state of being annoying or troublesome.