Meaning

1 senses

  1. A bother or nuisance.

Examples

29 sentences

  1. Tom was pestered with questions by Mary.

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  2. Tom was pestered by Mary with questions.

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  3. Can you stop pestering your brother?

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  4. Is Tom pestering you?

    ruТом тебя достаёт? — marafon

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  5. Tom pestered us with questions.

    ruТом донимал нас вопросами. — marafon

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Origin

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).

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Forms

plural: pesters
Singularpester
Pluralpesters

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pessimismpessimistB2pessimisticB2pestpesticidepestlepesto
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