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PESTER

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they pester  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it pesters  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: pestered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: pestered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: pestering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

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Meaning:

Annoy persistentlyplay

Example:

The children teased the boy because of his stammer

Synonyms:

badger; beleaguer; bug; pester; tease

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "pester" is one way to...):

bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They pester him to write the letter


Derivation:

pesterer (a persistently annoying person)

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