pester
41pester power — This term refers to the power children exert over their parents by continually nagging or pestering them until they accept to buy advertised toys or fashionable products. Pester power leads busy parents to buy more and more for their… …
42pester — transitive verb (pestered; pestering) Etymology: modification of Middle French empestrer to hobble, embarrass, from Vulgar Latin *impastoriare, from Latin in + Late Latin pastoria tether more at pastern Date: 1533 1. obsolete overcrowd 2. to… …
43pester — Synonyms and related words: aggravate, annoy, apply pressure, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besetment, besiege, blandish, bother, botheration, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, buttonhole, cajole, carp at, chafe, chivy …
44Pester — vor allem in dem Bereich Leipzig Zwickau Chemnitz häufiger Berufsname wohl für den nicht der Zunft angehörigen Handwerker zu mhd. besten »binden, schnüren«, mundartlich (oberdeutsch) »kleine, nicht förmlich erlernte Handarbeit tun«. Hans Sachs… …
45Pester — annoy or bother someone …
46pester — Australian Slang annoy or bother someone …
47pester — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. plague, annoy, trouble, vex, irritate, displease. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annoy, harass, provoke; see bother 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. annoy, bother, irritate, plague,… …
48pester — [[t]pe̱stə(r)[/t]] pesters, pestering, pestered VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is pestering you, you mean that they keep asking you to do something, or keep talking to you, and you find this annoying. [V n] I thought she d stop… …
49pester — pes·ter || pestÉ™(r) v. trouble, annoy; nag, bother …
50pester — preset …
