contaminated with infecting organisms; dirty wounds; obliged to go into infected rooms- Jane Austen

[ Syn: dirty ]

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; a pestilential malignancy in the air- Jonathan Swift; plaguey fevers

[ Syn: pestilent , pestilential , plaguey ]

tending to corrupt or pervert

[ Syn: corruptive , perversive ]

causing irritation or annoyance; tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork; aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport; found it galling to have to ask permission; an irritating delay; nettlesome paperwork; a pesky mosquito; swarms of pestering gnats; a plaguey newfangled safety catch; a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him; a vexatious child; it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong

[ Syn: annoying , bothersome , galling , irritating , nettlesome , pesky , pestering , plaguy , plaguey , teasing , vexatious , vexing ]