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Found 4 hits - Term: pestered, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pestered \pestered\ adj.
   troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; as,
   the exasperation of a pestered animal.

   syn: annoyed, harassed, harried.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pester \pes"ter\ pe^s"t~er, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   pestered; p. pr.  vb. n. pestering. abbrev. fr.
   impester, fr. of. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the
   feet or legs, to embarrass, f. emp^etrer; pref. em-, en-
   l. in in + ll. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which
   horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. l.
   pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a
   herdsman. see in, and pasture, pastor.
   1. to trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty
      vexations.
      1913 webster

            we are pestered with mice and rats.   --dr. h. more.
      1913 webster

            a multitude of scribblers daily pester the world.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to
      infest. obs. --milton.
      1913 webster

            all rivers and pools . . . pestered full with
            fishes.                               --holland.
      1913 webster
see also:
pestered pestering in pasture pastor 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pestered
     adj : troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
           "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression";
           "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant
           interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly
           teenager" syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, vexed
see also:
annoyed harassed harried vexed 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "pestered":
   badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied,
   deviled, dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hectored, hounded,
   needled, nipped at, persecuted, picked on, plagued, ragged, teased,
   tormented, worried





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