Valdosta Mayor Pro Tem Alvin Payton, Jr. and Fire Chief Freddie Broome honored VFD Lt. Jeff Talley, Sgt. Wade Briggs and Firefighter Brandon Matheny as the July 2016 Employees of the Month at the July 7 City Council meeting.
: making someone annoyed or irritated. 1  I've been trying to get rid of this pesky cold for weeks. 2  pesky insects. 3  pesky reporters.
pesÂ·siÂ·mism. n. 1. A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view: We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach (Margo Jones). 2. The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil. 3.