pesky

Speech parts

1. pesky - Adjective

2. pesky - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.

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Examples

Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on. Richard Trumka

It was almost enough to make me turn vegetarian, except for the pesky fact that I loved cheeseburgers. Rick Riordan

I'm that grumpy old guy yelling at all those pesky little Grizzly Bear fans to get offa my lawn. Chuck Eddy

The quickest way to a man's heart really is through his stomach, because then you don't have to chop through that pesky rib cage. Jeph Jacques

Change is a pesky notion. For many folks, the biggest challenge in changing their eating habits isn't money, time, or education; it's reframing their connection between food and love. Kris Carr

The library, with its Daedalian labyrinth, mysterious hush, and faintly ominous aroma of knowledge, has been replaced by the computer's cheap glow, pesky chirp, and data spillage. P. J. O'Rourke

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