Pest or The Pest may refer to:

Science and medicine

  • Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns
  • Weed, a plant considered undesirable
  • Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection<!--Pestilence/Pest - see wikt:pest and MOS:DABSYN-->
  • Plague (disease), an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
  • Black Death (the Plague), the deadliest pandemic recorded in human history

Film

  • The Pest (1914 film), an American short film starring Charlie Chaplin
  • The Pest (1917 film), an American film starring Oliver Hardy
  • The Pest (1919 film), an American film starring Mabel Normand
  • The Pest (1922 film), an American film starring Stan Laurel
  • The Pest (1997 film), an American film starring John Leguizamo

Music

  • Pest (band), a British music group
  • Pest (musician) (born 1975), Norwegian black metal vocalist

Places

  • Pest, Hungary, the geographic region of Budapest
  • Royal University of Pest
  • Pest County, an administrative division of Hungary, surrounding Budapest

Other uses

  • PESTS, an anonymous activist arts group
  • Pest (ice hockey), an ice hockey player specialising in aggravating opponents

See also

  • PEST (disambiguation)
  • Pestilence (disambiguation)
  • Annoyance, a mental state characterized by irritation and distraction