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Definitions for Pest

[1] an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
[2] an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc.
[3] a deadly epidemic disease, especially a plague; pestilence.
[4] See under Budapest.
[5] a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest) .
[6] a person or thing that annoys, esp by imposing itself when it is not wanted; nuisance
[7] any organism that damages crops, injures or irritates livestock or man, or reduces the fertility of land (as modifier ) pest control
[8] rare an epidemic disease or pestilence
[9] the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)

Words related to Pest

scourge, contagion, infection, virus, plague, epidemic, blight, bug, irritant, irritation, bore, nuisance, creep, annoyance, curse, nudge, nag, exasperation, pill, headache

Words nearby Pest

pessary, pessimism, pessimist, pessimistic, pessoa, pest, pest house, pestalozzi, pester, pester power, pesthole

Origin of Pest

First recorded in 1545–55, pest is from the Latin word pestis plague

Other words from Pest

de-pest , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Pest

C16: from Latin pestis plague, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Pest

blight, bug, contagion, epidemic, infection, plague, scourge, virus, annoyance, badgerer, bane, blister, bore, bother, botheration, creep, curse, drag, drip, exasperation, headache, irritant, irritation, nag, nudge, nuisance, pain, pesterer, pestilence, pill, tease, tormentor, trial, trouble, vexation, besetment, crashing bore, pain in the neck, thorn in side