pester

Definition von pester im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To bother, harass or annoy persistently; {v} to plague, tease, harass, disturb; disapproval 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. I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse I know he gets fed up with people pestering him for money. that creep who's been pestering you to go out with him. to annoy someone, especially by asking them many times to do something (empestrer , from pastoria ; influenced by pest); To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations; {f} trouble, annoy; nag, bother; annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"; To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest
pester power: Children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continual asking until the parents agree to do it
pester one with questions: bother someone with questions, aggravate someone with queries
pester power: the ability that children have to make their parents buy things or do things for them by asking them again and again
pesterer: Agent noun of pester; one who pesters
pestering: An act or instance of annoying somebody
By swaying the Welsh he could at the same time deflect the pesterings he suffered from in England about the 1886 policy.
pestering: Present participle of pester
to pester: badger
pesterer: {n} one who pesters, one who plagues
pestered: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
pestered: past of pester
pesterer: One who pesters or harasses
pesterer: {i} troublemaker; nuisance, annoyance
pestering: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
pesters: third-person singular of pester

pester

Silbentrennung

pes·ter

Türkische aussprache

pestır

Synonyme

badger, bug, hound, annoy, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, disturb, dog, drive crazy, drive up the wall, fret, get at, get in one’s hair, get on one’s nerves

Antonyme

delight, make happy, please

Aussprache

/ˈpestər/ /ˈpɛstɜr/

Etymologie

[ 'pes-t&r ] (transitive verb.) 1533. modification of Middle French empestrer to hobble, embarrass, from Vulgar Latin impastoriare, from Latin in- + Medieval Latin pastoria hobble; more at PASTERN.