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PESTERED
annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
pestered
simple past tense and past participle of pester
Source: Wiktionary
PESTER
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. empĂŞtrer; 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
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