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Meanings of pester in English

Portuguese
incomodar
Catalan
empaitar
Spanish
joder

Annoy persistently.

        incomodar

        To cause, inflict or threaten with suffering, need, distress, or pain.

              Usage of pester in English
              1
              She said: These charities should not be allowed to pester the elderly.
              The Guardian
              2
              The thrush did not pester the rose with his protestations of love.
              The Holy Cross and Other Tales
              3
              What if you didn't pester her further after you'd asked her once?
              Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
              4
              But if you pester the women, you'll be taken to the stocks.
              The heretic's daughter: a novel
              5
              He only thinks about that now when people pester him about it.
              The Guardian
              6
              I 'preciate your position, an' I ain't low-down critter enough to pester-
              A Daughter of the Snows
              7
              I thought this way those foolish reporters won't pester you as much.
              Beautiful assassin
              8
              Have you dared come back to pester me with your abominable consolations?
              Prisoners of Chance / The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen,...
              9
              The more he throws things at the hens, the more they pester him.
              A Sea Queen's Sailing
              10
              Concern furrowed my brow, but I didn't want to pester him.
              Succubi like it hot
              11
              But why pester one with all this reasoning on the subject?
              Moby Dick
              12
              We hurried up to crowd round the superintendent and pester him with questions:
              Louis Lambert
              13
              It didn't seem right to pester Old Mrs. Landry with questions.
              Shadowed summer
              14
              She walked out before they could pester her with more questions.
              To catch a thief
              15
              You pester my poor old life out to get you into the world.
              Vanity Fair
              16
              Therefore, I mean to pester you until you give in, my dear Sara.
              The Hollow of Her Hand
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              Translations for pester
              Portuguese
              incomodar
              Pester through the time
              Pester across language varieties
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