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pɛstpest

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  1. pestnoun

    Synonyms:
    bug

  2. pestnoun

    A plague, pestilence, epidemic

    Synonyms:
    bug

  3. pestnoun

    An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.

    Synonyms:
    bug

  4. pestnoun

    An annoying person.

    Synonyms:
    bug

  5. pestnoun

    Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.

    Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

    Synonyms:
    bug

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. pest

    Synonyms:
    plague, nuisance, curse, annoyance, blight, bone, scourge

    Antonyms:
    benefit, blessing, acquisition

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plague, pestilence, pest, pestisnoun

    a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

    Synonyms:
    pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, plague, cuss, blighter

  2. plague, pestilence, pestnoun

    any epidemic disease with a high death rate

    Synonyms:
    pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, plague, cuss, blighter

  3. pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadflynoun

    a persistently annoying person

    Synonyms:
    pesterer, feller, expletive, lad, swearing, curse word, bloke, oath, pestilence, pestis, blighter, gent, gadfly, cuss, chap, curse, swearword, fellow, plague, fella

  4. pestnoun

    any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

    "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

    Synonyms:
    gadfly, cuss, plague, pestilence, blighter, pesterer, pestis

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pestnoun

    Synonyms:
    plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease

  2. pestnoun

    Synonyms:
    contamination, poison, taint, bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pestnoun

    Synonyms:
    pestilence, plague, scourge, curse, nuisance, annoyance, infliction, bane

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Pest":

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How to use pest in a sentence?

  1. Ron Harrison:

    Warmer, wetter conditions favor pest activity, if the experts are right about El Niño, the pest control industry will benefit, no doubt about that.

  2. Curt Organt:

    We view this as a high-quality service company ... (that) has also been a successful consolidator in the pest industry.

  3. Shawn Weeks:

    I have a good time and the farmers get rid of a pest. As you look at the soybean fields, you'll see what we call 'ice cream cones.' The point of the ice cream cone is where the groundhog's burrow is. He'll eat in a semicircle out from his burrow. Groundhogs love eating fresh soybeans coming out of the ground. i'm a hunter but if I don't eat it, I don't shoot it and I don't eat woodchuck.

  4. Brandon Basso:

    So we can, through the use of drones, understand how pesticides are working, understand pest problems better and potentially eliminate the need for pesticides in areas where it actually was a fungal problem and not a pest problem.

  5. Pete Piringer:

    There are animal services that can come out and make recommendations, or pest control, or an exterminator, we recommend you have professionals deal with any pest control issue to help maintain the situation.


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