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1. (v.t.) pester
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
2. pester
Obs. to overcrowd.
Etymology: (1530–40; perh. aph. var. of empester to tangle, encumber < MF empestrer < VL *impāstōriāre to hobble = L im-im -1+-pāstōriāre, v. der. of *pastōria a hobble (see pastern ); reinforced by pest (cf. -er6))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
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1. (verb) pester
to repeatedly ask in an annoying way
She's been pestering me to invite her for weeks.
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1. (verb) pester
to trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations
2. (verb) pester
to crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest
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Sense: to annoy (someone) frequently or continually
He pestered me with questions; She pestered him to help her.
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 Afrikaans: pla |
 Arabic: يُزْعِج، يُضايِق |
 Bulgarian: отегчавам |
 Brazilian: incomodar |
 Czech: dotírat (na), trápit |
 German: plagen |
 Danish: plage; trygle |
 Greek: παρενοχλώ, γίνομαι φορτικ |
 Spanish: molestar, importunar, dar |
 Estonian: tülitama |
 Farsi: پیله کردن؛ به ستوح آوردن |
 Finnish: häiritä |
 French: importuner |
 Hebrew: לְהָצִיק |
 Hindi: सताना |
 Croatian: dodjavati, gnjaviti |
 Hungarian: zaklat |
 Indonesian: mengganggu |
 Icelandic: angra |
 Italian: infastidire, importunare |
 Japanese: 困らせる |
 Korean: 끈덕지게 괴롭히다 |
 Lithuanian: įkyrėti, grizinti |
 Latvian: nelikt mierā; uzmākties |
 Malay: mendesak |
 Dutch: lastig vallen |
 Norwegian: mase, plage, nedrenne |
 Polish: nie dawać spokoju |
 Persian: پیله کردن؛ به ستوح آوردن |
 Pashto: ربړول، ځورول، خپه كول |
 Portuguese: incomodar |
 Romanian: a bate la cap |
 Russian: надоедать |
 Slovak: obťažovať, otravovať |
 Slovenian: gnjaviti |
 Serbian: dosađivati |
 Swedish: plåga, besvära, trakasser |
 Thai: รบกวน |
 Turkish: rahatsız etmek |
 Taiwanese: 使煩惱，糾纏 |
 Ukrainian: надокучати, дошкуляти |
 Urdu: ستانا، دق کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm phiền |
 Chinese: 使烦恼，纠缠 |
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