adjective
- annoying or bothersome in a persistent way
Usage: informal
Examples
- The pesty mosquitoes kept buzzing around our picnic.
- My little brother can be really pesty when he wants attention.
- Those pesty telemarketers call during dinner every night.
- The pesty weeds keep growing back in my garden.
- She found the pesty noise from construction very distracting.
- The pesty flies wouldn’t leave us alone at the beach.