pest
/pɛst/
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American sound/pɛst/
pest
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US voice -> pest
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကူးစက်ပြန့်ပွားတက်သောရောဂါ။အလွန်ဖျက်ဆီးတက်သည့်အရာ။ကပ်ရောဂါ။
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၁။ ဖျက်ဆီးတတ်သော ပိုးမွှားတိရစ္ဆာန်။ ဖျက်ကောင်။ Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests, especially rats. ❍ garden pests such as slugs or greenfly ❍ pest control. Compare VERMIN ၁
၂။ (infml ) ဒုက္ခပေးသူ။ ဂြိုဟ်ကောင်။ အနှောင့်အယှက်။ That child is an absolute pest—he keeps ringing the door bell and then running away!
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- pest /pest/ n ၁။ ဖျက်ဆီးတတ်သော ပိုးမွှားတိရစ္ဆာန်။ ဖျက်ကောင်။ Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests, especially rats.
- garden pests such as slugs or greenfly
- pest control. Compare VERMIN ၁ ၂။ ( infml ) ဒုက္ခပေးသူ။ ဂြိုဟ်ကောင်။ အနှောင့်အယှက်။ That child is an absolute pest—he keeps ringing the door bell and then running away!
Synonyms
nuisance, annoyance, pain in the neck, bane of your existence, bother, badgerer, bane, besetment, blight, blister, bore, botheration, bug, contagion, crashing bore, creep, curse, drag, drip, epidemic, exasperation, fly, hassle, headache, infection, insect, irritant, irritation, mosquito, nag, nudge, pain, pesterer, pestilence, pill, plague, scourge, tease, thorn in side, tormentor, trial, trouble, vermin, vexation, virus
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