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  <Lexicon id="oewn" label="Open English Wordnet" language="en" email="english-wordnet@googlegroups.com" license="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" version="2024" url="https://github.com/globalwordnet/english-wordnet">
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-annoying-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="annoying" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation>əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-annoying-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="annoying%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-bothersome-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="bothersome" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-bothersome-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="bothersome%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-galling-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="galling" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-galling-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="galling%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-irritating-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="irritating" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-irritating-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="irritating%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-nettlesome-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="nettlesome" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-nettlesome-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="nettlesome%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-pesky-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="pesky" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation>ˈpɛski</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Form writtenForm="peskier"/>
      <Form writtenForm="peskiest"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-pesky-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="pesky%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-pestering-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="pestering" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-pestering-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="pestering%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-pestiferous-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="pestiferous" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation variety="CA">ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-pestiferous-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="pestiferous%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-plaguey-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="plaguey" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-plaguey-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="plaguey%5:00:00:disagreeable:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-plague-n-05840263-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-plaguy-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="plaguy" partOfSpeech="a">
        <Pronunciation>ˈpleɪɡi</Pronunciation>
      </Lemma>
      <Sense id="oewn-plaguy-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="plaguy%5:00:00:disagreeable:00">
        <SenseRelation relType="derivation" target="oewn-plague-n-05840263-n"/>
      </Sense>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-teasing-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="teasing" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-teasing-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="teasing%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-vexatious-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="vexatious" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-vexatious-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="vexatious%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <LexicalEntry id="oewn-vexing-a">
      <Lemma writtenForm="vexing" partOfSpeech="a"/>
      <Sense id="oewn-vexing-a-00090253-s" synset="oewn-00090253-s" dc:identifier="vexing%5:00:00:disagreeable:00"/>
    </LexicalEntry>
    <Synset id="oewn-00090253-s" ili="i472" partOfSpeech="s" members="oewn-annoying-a oewn-bothersome-a oewn-galling-a oewn-irritating-a oewn-nettlesome-a oewn-pesky-a oewn-pestering-a oewn-pestiferous-a oewn-plaguy-a oewn-plaguey-a oewn-teasing-a oewn-vexatious-a oewn-vexing-a" lexfile="adj.all">
      <Definition language="en">causing irritation or annoyance</Definition>
      <SynsetRelation relType="exemplifies" target="oewn-06730109-n"/>
      <SynsetRelation relType="similar" target="oewn-00090040-a"/>
      <Example language="en">tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork</Example>
      <Example language="en">aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport</Example>
      <Example language="en">found it galling to have to ask permission</Example>
      <Example language="en">an irritating delay</Example>
      <Example language="en">nettlesome paperwork</Example>
      <Example language="en">a pesky mosquito</Example>
      <Example language="en">swarms of pestering gnats</Example>
      <Example language="en">a plaguey newfangled safety catch</Example>
      <Example language="en">a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him</Example>
      <Example language="en">a vexatious child</Example>
      <Example language="en">it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong</Example>
    </Synset>
  </Lexicon>
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