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How to pronounce pestering in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing


swarms of pestering gnats.

Examples of pestering

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I didn't get the impression that my kids'peers were pestering parents to buy it.
From the guardian.co.uk
Besides, the hosts say, fans have been pestering them with the request for years.
From the jsonline.com
Wary of becoming that dreaded thing, the pestering relative, I stopped writing.
From the nytimes.com
I got to the point where I couldn't even focus in class because of the pestering.
From the cnn.com
Owen Wilson is the houseguest pestering just-married Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson.
From the usatoday.com
Contrary to rumour, he has not been pestering Lady Gaga to portray Amy in a film.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sam, it is interesting that you thought their e mails anc calls were pestering.
From the techcrunch.com
They stand on the town's main thoroughfare pestering passersby to see their films.
From the time.com
If Howard wants O'Neal to stop pestering him, there are some things he can do.
From the charlotteobserver.com
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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