pester

Speech parts

1. pester - Noun

2. pester - Verb

Meaning

To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.

To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

badger hound bug tease vex nag dog plague trouble disturb beset harass torment bother irritate
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Antonyms

gladden gratify accommodate calm comfort please
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Hypernyms

dun rag torment frustrate crucify bedevil

Derivatives

pestered pestering

Anagrams

serpet pestre Peters preset perest

Examples

I say if you love something, set it in a small cage and pester and smother it with love until it either loves you back or dies. Mindy Kaling

The children teased the boy because of his stammer Source: Internet

He told me: “I would badger him and pester him, but he kept stalling, so I had to use a different strategy. Source: Internet

Don't call, continually pester, or stalk a celebrity. Source: Internet

As a procrastitorial author ™ I do not as yet have anything I’d pester John to read. Source: Internet

It’s easy for people to stay anonymous while they harass, pester, and bully other people online—and it’s hard for platforms to design systems to stop them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pestamal Pestana pestemal pester power pesterable pestered