MEANING
To annoy someone through persistent requests or interruptions.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- pester for an answer
- pester with questions
On the page
The callers pestered her for details she could not provide.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- pester
- Past tense
- pestered
- Past participle
- pestered
- Present participle
- pestering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- pester
- Present continuous
- am/is/are pestering
- Present perfect
- have/has pestered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been pestering
- Past
- pestered
- Past continuous
- was/were pestering
- Past perfect
- had pestered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been pestering
- Future
- will pester
- Future continuous
- will be pestering
- Future perfect
- will have pestered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been pestering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: pester; pesters; pestered; pestered; pestering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: pesters.
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