pestiferous
/pɛˈstɪfərəs/
adjective
- Causing trouble, annoyance, or harm; bothersome.
- The city council is trying to control the pestiferous rats in the subway.
- The pestiferous weeds took over the entire garden in just a week.
- My pestiferous cousin kept interrupting my video call.
- Carrying or spreading disease; infected.
- They quarantined the pestiferous livestock to protect the rest of the farm.
- The doctor warned that the pestiferous water supply could cause an outbreak.
- In medieval times, pestiferous rats spread the plague through crowded cities.
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