- pesky
- adj Informal. annoying, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, vexatious, vexing, galling, chafing, harassing; troublesome, worrisome, worrying, provoking, gnawing, nagging, dogging, hounding, tormenting, bothersome; aggravating, exacerbating, maddening, infuriating, Sl. driving up the wall, driving crazy; ruffling, disturbing, perturbing, Inf. getting under one's skin, Inf. getting in one's hair, disquieting; disagreeable, distasteful, obnoxious, offensive, objectionable, unwelcome, unwanted; intolerable, unbearable, Inf. a bit much, too much
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.