molestus adj. with comp. and sup. moles, troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, unmanageable: labor: hoc sunt omnes iure molesti, Quo fortes, H.: nisi molestum est, exsurge, if it will not incommode you: nihil molestius: adrogantia ingeni est molestissima: otium, dangerous, Ct.: tunica, a dress of pitch (in which a malefactor was burned), Iu.

—Of speech, labored, affected: simplex in agendo veritas non molesta: verba, O.