Pester

English

Verb

Pester (third-person singular simple present Pesters, present participle Pestering, simple past and past participle Pestered)

1. (transitive) To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

Thesaurus

aggravate, annoy, apply pressure, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besetment, besiege, blandish, bother, botheration, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, buttonhole, cajole, carp at, chafe, chivy, coax, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, dun, exasperate, exasperation, exercise, exert pressure, fash, fret, fret at, fuss at, get, get at, get to, gripe, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, henpeck, hound, importune, irk, irritant, irritate, miff, molest, nag, nag at, needle, nettle, nibble at, niggle, nudzh, nuisance, peck at, peeve, persecute, pest, pick at, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, ply, pother, press, pressure, provoke, push, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, tantalize, tease, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, urge, vex, wheedle, work on, worry, yap at

Synonyms

• badger
• bug
• hound

Related terms

• pest
• pester power

Anagrams

• peters, Peters
• preset, pre-set

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Dutch

Noun

pester m (plural: pesters, diminutive: pestertje)

1. person who annoys somebody else

Related terms

• pesten

Anagrams

• perste, preest, streep

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French

Verb

Pester

1. to make known by words and body language one's displeasure at something

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pester (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pester			avoir pesté
gerund		en pestant			en ayant pesté
present participle		pestant
past participle		pesté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	peste	pestes	peste	pestons	pestez	pestent
	imperfect	pestais	pestais	pestait	pestions	pestiez	pestaient
	past historic1	pestai	pestas	pesta	pestâmes	pestâtes	pestèrent
	future	pesterai	pesteras	pestera	pesterons	pesterez	pesteront
	conditional	pesterais	pesterais	pesterait	pesterions	pesteriez	pesteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	peste	pestes	peste	pestions	pestiez	pestent
	imperfect1	pestasse	pestasses	pestât	pestassions	pestassiez	pestassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	peste	—	pestons	pestez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• pertes
• prêtes, prêtés

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Slovene

Adjective

pester

1. variegated