Past tense of pester
regular verb
The past tense of pester is pestered. The past participle is also pestered.
Forms of pester
| Base form (V1) | pester /ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pestered |
| Past participle (V3) | pestered |
| Present participle | pestering |
| Third person singular | pesters |
Pestered in a sentence
- He pestered me with questions.
- She pestered him to help her.
- He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert.From the entry until Kingdom come
- A black plumber working under the sink in coveralls was being pestered by a negligeed housewife.2010, David Walton, Evening Out, page 119. From the entry negligeed
- Jim’s mother pestered him daily for a month to come home for a talk.2005 February 25, Mark Dahl, chapter 18, in Covenant Betrayed: Revelations of the Sixties, the Best of Time; the Worst of Time, book 2…. From the entry pedant
Meaning of pester
- verb To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
- verb To crowd together thickly.
- noun A bother or nuisance.
Questions about the past tense of pester
- What is the past tense of pester?
- The past tense of pester is pestered.
- What is the past participle of pester?
- The past participle of pester is pestered.
- Is pester a regular or irregular verb?
- Pester is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pester (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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