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- [pes-ter]
- /ˈpɛs tər/
- /ˈpes.tər/
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- [pes-ter]
- /ˈpɛs tər/
Definitions of pestering word
- verb with object pestering to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems. 1
- verb with object pestering Obsolete. to overcrowd. 1
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Origin of pestering
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; perhaps aphetic variant of empester, impester to tangle, encumber (though pester is found earlier than these 2 words) < Middle French empestrer to hobble, entangle < Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre to hobble, equivalent to im- im-1 + pāstōri(a) a hobble, noun use of Latin pāstōrius of a herdsman or shepherd + -āre infinitive suffix (see pastor); aphetic form apparently reinforced by pest (cf. -er6)
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Parts of speech for Pestering
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pestering popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pestering
noun pestering
- bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- botheration — bother
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- harassment — the act or an instance of harassing, or disturbing, pestering, or troubling repeatedly; persecution: She sued her boss for sexual harassment.
- in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
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