We will pester him with heaps of questions.
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Pester
//ˈpɛstɚ//
Synonyms for "pester" (141 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- সাতানো verb (to annoy persistently)
Bulgarian
2 entries- досаждам verb (to annoy persistently)
- тормозя verb (to annoy persistently)
Czech
3 entries- dotírat verb (to annoy persistently)
- obtěžovat verb (to annoy persistently)
- otravovat verb (to annoy persistently)
Dutch
1 entries- pesten verb (to annoy persistently)
Finnish
1 entries- kiusata verb (to annoy persistently)
Galician
2 entries- abouxar verb (to annoy persistently)
- amocar verb (to annoy persistently)
German
2 entries- behelligen verb (to annoy persistently)
- belästigen verb (to annoy persistently)
Ingrian
1 entries- tarttua verb (to annoy persistently)
Japanese
2 entries- せがむ verb (to annoy persistently)
- 悩ます verb (to annoy persistently)
Macedonian
1 entries- до́саѓа verb (to annoy persistently)
Māori
4 entries- pāengaenga verb (to annoy persistently)
- whakakūrakuraku verb (to annoy persistently)
- whakapōrearea verb (to annoy persistently)
- whakatīwheta verb (to annoy persistently)
Portuguese
1 entries- atazanar verb (to annoy persistently)
Russian
1 entries- досажда́ть verb (to annoy persistently)
Spanish
4 entries- atosigar verb (to annoy persistently)
- dar la tabarra verb (to annoy persistently)
- fastidiar verb (to annoy persistently)
- importunar verb (to annoy persistently)
Swedish
2 entries- ofreda verb (to annoy persistently)
- plåga verb (to annoy persistently)
Tagalog
1 entries- galitin verb (to annoy persistently)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
"Virginia, a wife shouldn't keep secrets from her husband." "Oh? But you are keeping secrets from me, are you not? Or did you think I didn't know about you and Mary?" "But Virginia!" "No buts! Leave my house this instant and pester Mary with your male chauvinism, you cad!"
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"Virginia, a wife shouldn't keep secrets from her husband." "Really? But you're keeping secrets from me, aren't you! Or did you think I didn't know about you and Mary?" "But Virginia!" "No buts! Get out of my house now and pester Mary with your male chauvinism, you git!"
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Yanni continued to pester Skura for a date.
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