Crossword clues for pestering
pestering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pester \Pes"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pestered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestering.] [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. emp[^e]trer; pref. em-, en- (L. in in) + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See In, and Pasture, Pastor.]
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To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.
We are pestered with mice and rats.
--Dr. H. More.A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world.
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To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.]
--Milton.All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes.
--Holland.
Wiktionary
n. An act or instance of annoying somebody. vb. (present participle of pester English)
WordNet
adj. 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" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]
Usage examples of "pestering".
The ambassadors from Nether have been pestering us for days, trying to gain audience with you.
Nobody is pestering the Ojibwa as they go on gathering wild rice the same as ever.
While she was yet a small child, she craved such knowledge as is to be found in books, pestering the royal scribes and sages with questions unbecoming to royal females.
Bill Jennings has sold off part of his land to that builder who was pestering to buy your land from you.
Mark Samuels had been pestering for permission to call upon her since she was barely out of short skirts.
Fielding--is such a remarkable man, and I was always pestering him with questions.
There was a strong likelihood that the judge meant to order him to quit pestering Rachel.
I had a camera round my neck so I looked like a guy pestering people for photos and I had a little card I was flashing.
If this was just one of his usual aimless visits to the bridge he would have been pestering Sheridan or Hillier by now.
Button quite adamant on this, and it took her several months of pestering to win him over.
She found his pesterings irritating, and asked why he could not just go by himself, but he made noises about being a newcomer, being intimidated (which was, in all fairness, entirely reasonable given the atmosphere at many clubs).
In bed that very night of my disgrace, I withdrew deep inside myself, despite the Brass Monkey, who filled our blue room with her pesterings: 'But what did you do it for, Saleem?