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PESTER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pester ... he / she / it pesters
Past simple: pestered
Past participle: pestered
-ing form: pestering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annoy persistently
Example:
The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Synonyms:
badger; beleaguer; bug; pester; tease
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "pester" is one way to...):
bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They pester him to write the letter
Derivation:
pesterer (a persistently annoying person)
