pesky

Modifying Another Word

particularly: A heart sink moment, as GPs are supposed to say of the appearance of particularly pesky patients.

Modifies a noun

• kid: Maybe they were feeling over protective toward Jesus, or maybe it was just a bunch of pesky kids.
• creature: Rob has been dealing with pesky creatures in Tower Hamlets for 24 years.
• insect: Once those pesky insects come in to contact with the grid, they simply stand no chance, being electrocuted on impact!
• newspaper: Who needs pesky newspapers, dog-eared quiz books and.. .
• fly: There's even respite in Tasmania's benign environment from the pesky flies, monster spiders and deadly snakes of the mainland.
• thing: To blast these pesky things from your computer you need a spyware removal tool.

Used with adjective complement

include: Players including pesky win your next four trio in the up from your.