plaguesome

[ pleyg-suhm ]

adjective

1. vexatious or troublesome.

Other Words From

• plaguesome·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of plaguesome¹

First recorded in 1820–30; plague + -some ¹

Example Sentences

Navy's softspoken, sensitive Commodore Ben Wyatt might well have wondered why progress had to sacrifice this lovely coral atoll, instead of an empty wasteland, a dismal slum or a plaguesome Buchenwald.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I dunno," said the plaguesome boy, looking at the address covertly.

From Project Gutenberg

Lady Anna,—who could think but little of her birth,—to whom it had been throughout her life a thing plaguesome rather than profitable,—could remember only what she had been in Cumberland, and her binding obligation to the tailor's son.

From Project Gutenberg

"I dunno," said the plaguesome boy, looking at the address covertly.

From Project Gutenberg

"Ye plaguesome brat!" cried Auntie; "there has Betty been seekin' ye, and I hae been seekin' ye, far an' near, i' the verra rottan-holes; an' here ye are, on yer ain father's buryin' day, that comes but ance—takin' up wi' a coo."

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