pester

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verb

1. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, plague, tease, torment, worry. See feelings, pain/pleasure.
2. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, plague, solicit. See attack/defend.

v

Definition: bother, harass
Antonyms: delight, make happy, please

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• Questions and Answers - pester: annoy with frequent requests or questions

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See words rhyming with "pesterer."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - plage, bestorme

Nederlands (Dutch)
aan iemands kop zeuren, lastig vallen

Français (French)
v. tr. - harceler, harceler/poursuivre (qn) de ses assiduités

Deutsch (German)
v. - nerven, belästigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (παρ)ενοχλώ, δαιμονίζω, παρασκοτίζω, πειράζω, βασανίζω, γίνομαι τσιμπούρι σε

Italiano (Italian)
tormentare, importunare, stuzzicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aborrecer, incomodar

Русский (Russian)
докучать, надоедать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acosar, importunar, molestar, fastidiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ansätta, plåga, trakassera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使烦恼, 纠缠

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使煩惱, 糾纏

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 괴롭히다, 들볶다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 悩ませる, 困らせる, 悩ます
n. - じゃま, 厄介者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزعج, يضايق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נדנד (בדרישות), הטריד‬

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