pester

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

pesters

V_ing/Gerund

pestering

V_ed/pp

pestered

1.
(transitive)To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
He pestered me with questions.
She pestered him to help her.
Đồng nghĩa: badger, beleaguer, bug, hound, plague
2.
(intransitive, obsolete, transitive)(obsolete, transitive and intransitive) To crowd together thickly.
Đồng nghĩa: cattle up, crowd, flock, huddle, throng

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pesters

1.
A bother or nuisance.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

badger beleaguer bug hound plaguecattle upcrowd flock huddle throng

Cùng gốc / liên quan

pesterment pesterous pestersome unpestered pesteringlybepesterpesterablepester powerpestererpesterypest

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Nguồn gốc từ

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French - and Old French empestrer (encumber), influenced by pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).