pester
/ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/US/ˈpɛstɚ/
pester verb: to bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
Verb
pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)
- To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
- He pestered me with questions.
- She pestered him to help her.
- To crowd together thickly.
- That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6
Noun
pester (plural pesters)
pester meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pester in Hindi
- to pester, annoy; to bore
- सर खाना sar khānā
pester in Tamil
- தொந்தரவுசெய்
pester in Urdu
- عافیت تنگ کرنا, سر ہونا
pester in Bengali
- to annoy persistently
- সাতানো satano
More languagesFewer languages
- pester in Malayalam
- ബാധിക്കുക, അസഹ്യപ്പെടുത്തുക, നിരന്തരം ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുക, പീഡിപ്പിക്കുക
- pester in Kannada
- ಕಾಡು kāḍu
- pester in Tagalog
- galitin
Examples of pester in a sentence
- She was sick and tired of her daughter pestering her to help her with her homework.
- Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
- His nonvolatile demeanor was tested by the constant pestering.
Synonyms of pester
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Forms of pester
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | pesters |
| present participle | pestering |
| past participle | pestered |
| past | pestered |
| Noun | |
| plural | pesters |
Origin of pester
In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).
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Questions about pester
- What does pester mean?
- Pester means to bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
- What is pester in Hindi?
- Pester in Hindi is सर खाना (sar khānā). See Pester meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pester?
- Pester can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pester?
- Pester is pronounced /ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of pester?
- The past tense of pester is pestered.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pester (page history and authors); सर खाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); pester (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pester (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pester (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಕಾಡು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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