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verb

Pester v. t. (past & past part. pestered; pres. part. pestering)

To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. "We are pestered with mice and rats." "A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world."

To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. (Obs.) "All rivers and pools... pestered full with fishes."

adjective

pestered adj. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; as, the exasperation of a pestered animal.

Synonyms: annoyed, harassed, harried.

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"Pestered" Quotes from Famous Books

... last night? If a trifle of that sort gets into the papers, or gets talked about,—which is the same thing!—you have no notion how we are pestered. It becomes an almost unbearable nuisance. Jones the Unknown can commit murder with less inconvenience to himself than Jones the Notorious can have his pocket picked,—there is not so much exaggeration in that as there sounds.—Good-bye,—thanks for your ...

— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh

... scruples, which his conscience catches like the itch, and the rubbing of these is both his pleasure and his pain. But for things of greater moment he is unconcerned, as cattle in the summer-time are more pestered with flies that vex their sores than creatures more considerable, and dust and motes are apter to stick in blear-eyes than things of greater weight. His charity begins and ends at home, for it never goes farther nor stirs abroad. David was eaten ...

— Character Writings of the 17th Century • Various

... and I've been a long time telling it, as I dare say you think. But the past just seemed to be living again for me as I talked. If you don't want to be pestered with questions about Kilmeny Gordon, Master, you'd better not let on you've ...

— Kilmeny of the Orchard • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... any sensible plans. I admit that. I have been so pestered and wrought up by the everlasting bullyragging about the devilish money that I haven't had a chance to figure out a way of getting at the man who has ruined me," Vaniman complained. He strode to and fro, snapping his fingers, ...

— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day

... shall have it patented. You see, it keeps undesirable characters at a distance—such a great thing in the suburbs. I feel I can leave Mrs. Wilson alone now; and, formerly, you have no idea how she used to be pestered.' ...

— The House of Souls • Arthur Machen

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