[1] : 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 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pestering
     adj : 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" syn: annoying, bothersome,
            galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous,
            plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
see also:
annoying bothersome galling irritating nettlesome pesky 
pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious 
vexing 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

90 moby thesaurus words for "pestering":
   adverse criticism, aggravating, animadversion, annoying, aspersion,
   bad notices, bad press, blandishment, bothering, bothersome,
   buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, captiousness,
   carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, coaxing, criticism,
   demanding, disturbing, dunning, exasperating, exception,
   faultfinding, flak, galling, hairsplitting, harassing, hit,
   home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism,
   importunate, importunateness, importune, importunity, imputation,
   insistent, irking, irksome, irritating, knock, nagging, niggle,
   niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, overcriticalness, pesky,
   pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pettifogging, plaguesome,
   plaguey, plaguing, plying, pressing, pressure, priggishness,
   provoking, quibble, quibbling, rap, reflection, reproachfulness,
   slam, stricture, swipe, taking exception, teasing, tiresome,
   tormenting, trichoschistism, troublesome, troubling, urgency,
   urgent, urging, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wheedling, worrisome,
   worrying

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