📖 Definitions of "Pester"
noun
- 1
A bother or nuisance.
verb
- 1
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
- 2
To crowd together thickly.
🔄 Synonyms of "Pester"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| teaseverb | (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way. |
| badgernoun | Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea. |
| bugnoun | (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). |
| harassverb | (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period. |
| beleaguerverb | To vex, harass, or beset. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| harassverb | (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period. |
| teaseverb | (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way. |
| beleaguerverb | To vex, harass, or beset. |
| badgerverb | Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea. |
| bugverb | (informal, transitive) To annoy. |
| annoyverb | (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| botherverb | (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| disturbverb | (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids. |
| ragverb | To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter. |
| mindverb | To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind. |
| nagverb | (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters. |
| bepesterverb | (transitive) To vex or pester greatly. |
| plaguenoun | (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis. |
| impesterverb | (obsolete) To pester; to annoy |
| persecuteverb | To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief. |
| pestifyverb | To pester or annoy |
| moidernoun | (US, dialect, archaic, transitive) murder |
| importunenoun | (obsolete) Synonym of importuner. |
| bedevilverb | To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. |
| houndnoun | A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. |
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