plaguy
/'pleigi/
Definition
Adjective:
- Causing irritation or annoyance: Describes something that is bothersome, troublesome, or vexing.
Adverb:
- In a disagreeable or irritating manner: Used to intensify an adjective, meaning extremely or exceedingly in an unpleasant way.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The plaguy noise from the construction site made it impossible to concentrate.
- He had to deal with a plaguy problem that just wouldn't go away.
Adverb:
- The weather turned plaguy cold almost overnight.
- She found the task plaguy difficult to complete.
Advanced Usage
- As an intensifier (adverb): Often used in older or more literary contexts to add strong emphasis, similar to "deucedly" or "confoundedly."
- This is a plaguy inconvenient time for a visit.
Variants and Related Words
- Plaguey (adj/adv): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
- A plaguey nuisance.
- Plague (n/v): The root word, meaning a contagious disease, a calamity, or to pester or harass.
- Plaguer (n, archaic): One who plagues or annoys.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Annoying, bothersome, irritating, vexing, pesky, nettlesome, galling, troublesome.
- Adverb: Extremely, exceedingly, deucedly, confoundedly, terribly, awfully.
Related Idioms
- None directly formed with "plaguy": The word itself is often used in an idiomatic way as an intensifier, especially in older English. A related concept is "to plague someone," meaning to pester or torment them.
- Stop plaguing me with questions!
Adjective
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causing irritation or annoyance
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tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
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aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
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found it galling to have to ask permission
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an irritating delay
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nettlesome paperwork
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a pesky mosquito
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swarms of pestering gnats
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a plaguey newfangled safety catch
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a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
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a vexatious child
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it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
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Adverb
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in a disagreeable manner
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it's so plaguey cold!
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