pestering

pestering
    adj 1: 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}, {pestering},
           {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing},
           {vexatious}, {vexing}]
    

Pester \Pes"ter\ (p[e^]s"t[~e]r), 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[^e]trer; 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.
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            We are pestered with mice and rats.   --Dr. H. More.
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            A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to
      infest. [Obs.] --Milton.
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            All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with
            fishes.                               --Holland.
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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