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- [pes-ter]
- /ˈpɛs tər/
- /ˈpes.tər/
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- [pes-ter]
- /ˈpɛs tər/
Definitions of pester word
- verb with object pester to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems. 1
- verb with object pester Obsolete. to overcrowd. 1
- transitive verb pester annoy, bother 1
- verbal expression pester keep asking sb for sth 1
- verbal expression pester keep insisting that sb do sth 1
- verb pester If you say that someone is pestering you, you mean that they keep asking you to do something, or keep talking to you, and you find this annoying. 0
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Origin of pester
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; perhaps aphetic variant of empester, impester to tangle, encumber (though pester is found earlier than these 2 words) < Middle French empestrer to hobble, entangle < Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre to hobble, equivalent to im- im-1 + pāstōri(a) a hobble, noun use of Latin pāstōrius of a herdsman or shepherd + -āre infinitive suffix (see pastor); aphetic form apparently reinforced by pest (cf. -er6)
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Parts of speech for Pester
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pester popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
pester usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pester
verb pester
- afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- argufy — to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
adj pester
- crawler — A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- harrier — one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
- infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
noun pester
- aggravator — to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness.
- badgerer — One who badgers.
- baiter — someone who baits or teases
- creep — When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- gadfly — any of various flies, as a stable fly or warble fly, that bite or annoy domestic animals.
adjective pester
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
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