PESTER

tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer

(verb) annoy persistently; “The children teased the boy because of his stammer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)

(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.

(obsolete, transitive and intransitive) To crowd together thickly.

Synonyms

• badger

• bug

• hound

Noun

pester (plural pesters)

A bother or nuisance.

Anagrams

• Peters, Pretes, pestre, peters, pre-set, preset, serpet

Source: Wiktionary

Pes"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pestered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pestering.] Etym: [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier, empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. empêtrer; 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. We are pestered with mice and rats. Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. Dryden.

2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition