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pest
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- pronunciation:
- pest
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an insect or animal that causes damage to crops or is harmful in other ways.
Pests damaged most of this year's crop of vegetables.Rats and other pests are living in the abandoned building.- similar words:
- vermin
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| definition 2: |
someone or something that annoys or bothers; nuisance.
Recently my sister's been calling me ten times a day and generally being a pest!My cat can be a real pest when he's hungry. He never lets me sleep late.- synonyms:
- annoyance, bother, headache, nuisance
- similar words:
- gadfly, irritant, nag, pain, peeve, terror, trial, vexation
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| definition 3: |
a pestilent disease; plague.
- synonyms:
- pestilence, plague
- similar words:
- blight, epidemic, pandemic
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| related words: |
bore, trouble, troublemaker |
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