What does plaguey mean?
Plaguey means Causing annoyance or bother; irritating..
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/ˈpleɪɡi/ · adjective
Causing annoyance or bother; irritating..
O hovv I curſed the cenſoriouſneſs of this plaguy triumvirate! A parſon, a milliner, and a mantua-maker! The tvvo latter, not more by buſineſs led to adorn the perſon, than generally by ſcandal to deſtroy the reputations of thoſe they have a mind to exerciſe their talents upon!
Pleasant it were in Botnahill to dwell. Were it not for the sound of that plaguy bell.
"None so deaf as those who won't hear. Now this plaguy old woman will keep me bawling for an hour; it's always so when I'm in a hurry."
He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.
“If you hadn’t all been in such a plaguey fuss when we were starting, I’d have brought some pillows,” said Mrs. Beaver.
Use plaguey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plaguey means Causing annoyance or bother; irritating..
Common synonyms include annoying, irritating, troublesome, vexatious.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
O hovv I curſed the cenſoriouſneſs of this plaguy triumvirate! A parſon, a milliner, and a mantua-maker! The tvvo latter, not more by buſineſs led to adorn the perſon, than generally by ſcandal to deſtroy the reputations of thoſe they have a mind to exerciſe their talents upon!
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