English language

How to pronounce pester in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms badger, beleaguer, bug, tease
Type of bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment
Derivation pesterer

Examples of pester

pester
This is not the first time that Purina has experimented with pooch-pester-power.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Whenever she talked to a caller, her second phone would pester her for attention.
From the pe.com
At least Krayeske had the good sense not to pester Calhoun following a U-Conn.
From the washingtonpost.com
Even after she had stopped speaking to him, the fraudster continued to pester her.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Or is this a sign that pester power is finally being replaced by parent power?
From the guardian.co.uk
He began to text and phone and pester her, telling her how much he loved her.
From the express.co.uk
There is no reasonable substitute for this cut, so pester your butcher to get some.
From the boston.com
Now we've stepped up, and if we do well, we'll pester them to give us more.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Pharmaceutical ads encourage people to pester their doctors for costly prescriptions.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • Tease: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
  • (pestered) annoyed: 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"
  • (pestering) annoying: 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 ...
  • Peu0161ter or Peu0161terska visoravan (Serbian Cyrillic: u041Fu0435u0448u0442u0435u0440, pronouncedu00A0, or u041Fu0435u0448u0442u0435u0440u0441u043Au0430 u0432u0438u0441u043Eu0440u0430u0432u0430u043D) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Rau0161ka (Sandu017Eak) region. It lies at the altitude of 1150u20131492u00A0m, (Kuljarski vrh) at 1492 meters. The territory of the plateau is mostly located in the municipality of Sjenica, with parts belonging to Novi Pazar and Tutin...
  • Pester is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Web of Spider-Man #77 (June, 1991). Pester has superhumanly strong jaws and sharp teeth, and is able to gnaw through rope, wood and even metal. ...
  • To bother, harass or annoy persistently
  • (pestering) An act or instance of annoying somebody
  • Annoy or bother someone