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Pessimize
- - To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism.
Pesterers
- noun - a persistently annoying person
Pestering
- verb - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
- Bully or torment
- 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"
- nag
Pesterous
- - Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome.
Pestholes
- noun - a breeding ground for epidemic disease
Pesthouse
- noun - hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
Pesticide
- noun - a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
Pestiduct
- - That which conveys contagion or infection.
Pestilent
- adjective - exceedingly harmful
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
Pis Aller
- noun - an expedient adopted only in desperation; "`pis aller' is French for `worst going'"
- French for `worst going''