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pestering

 
Adjective pestering has 1 sense
  1. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing - 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 of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
    Antonym: agreeable (indirect, via disagreeable)
Verb pester has 1 sense
  1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
    --1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
    Derived form: noun pesterer1
    Sample sentence:
    They pester him to write the letter
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