peskiness
Persistent minor irritation
Peskiness is the quality of being annoying in a persistent, minor way.
A child's peskiness wears you down through repetition rather than intensity.
The word suggests irritation without real harm—more nuisance than menace: The peskiness of the mosquitoes ruined our evening on the porch.
Causing mild annoyance
- vexingCausing mild torment
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
- troublesomeCausing difficulty or annoyance
- aggravatingCausing irritation or worsening
exasperating · irritating · nagging · galling · nettlesome · grating · tiresome · wearisome
To annoy or disturb
- inconvenienceMinor difficulty or trouble
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- irritantSource of vexation
- bugbearPersistent cause of anxiety
thorn · hassle · headache · annoyance · disturbance · interference · intrusion · disruption
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- needlingPersistent mild taunting
goading · nagging · taunting · teasing · prodding · bugging · bothering · dogging
bothersome
Causing mild annoyance
- vexingCausing mild torment
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
- troublesomeCausing difficulty or annoyance
aggravating · exasperating · irritating · nagging · galling · nettlesome · grating · tiresome · wearisome · tedious
bother
To annoy or disturb
- inconvenienceMinor difficulty or trouble
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- irritantSource of vexation
bugbear · thorn · hassle · headache · annoyance · disturbance · interference · intrusion · disruption · obstacle
pestering
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
needling · goading · nagging · taunting · teasing · prodding · bugging · bothering · dogging · hectoring
mosquitoes
Blood-drinking flying insects
no-see-ums · wasps · ants · horseflies · chiggers · fleas · ticks · buzzing · swarming · biting
peskinesscharm
Attractive personal quality
agreeableness · pleasantness · delightfulness · amiability · likability
peskinessunobtrusiveness
State of avoiding notice
inoffensiveness · harmlessness · non-interference · considerateness · tactfulness
pest, pesky, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential, irksomeness, peskier, peskiest