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Showing words for PESTER using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Pester

pester, peters, petres, preset, restep, streep

5 Letter Words for Pester

erept, ester, estre, peers, peert, peres, perse, perst, perts, peste, peter, petre, prees, reest, reset, retes, speer, spete, spree, spret, steep, steer, stere, strep, teers, terse, trees, tsere

4 Letter Words for Pester

eres, erse, erst, peer, pees, pere, pers, pert, pest, pete, pets, pree, pres, pret, rees, reet, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, seep, seer, sept, sere, sert, spet, step, ster, stre, teer, tees, tepe, terp, tree, tres

3 Letter Words for Pester

eer, ere, ers, ert, ese, esp, esr, est, pee, per, pes, pet, pre, prs, pst, pte, pts, ree, rep, res, rps, rpt, rte, see, sep, ser, set, spt, str, tee, ter, tes, tps, trp, trs, tsp

Definitions for Pester

[1] to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
[2] Obsolete . to overcrowd.
[3] (tr) to annoy or nag continually

Words related to Pester

bedevil, annoy, nag, tease, hector, irk, torment, hassle, hound, badger, disturb, nudge, beleaguer, ride, tantalize, dog, insist, remind, plague, importune

Words nearby Pester

pessimistic, pessoa, pest, pest house, pestalozzi, pester, pester power, pesthole, pesthouse, pesticide, pestiferous

Origin of Pester

1530–40; perhaps aphetic variant of empester, impester to tangle, encumber (though pester is found earlier than these 2 words) < Middle French empestrer to hobble, entangle < Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre to hobble, equivalent to im- im-1 + pāstōri(a ) a hobble, noun use of Latin pāstōrius of a herdsman or shepherd + -āre infinitive suffix (see pastor); aphetic form apparently reinforced by pest (cf. -er6)

Other words from Pester

pes·ter·er , noun
pes·ter·ing·ly , adverb
pes·ter·some , adjective
un·pes·tered , adjective

Word origin for Pester

C16: from Old French empestrer to hobble (a horse), from Vulgar Latin impāstōriāre (unattested) to use a hobble, from pāstōria (unattested) a hobble, from Latin pāstōrius relating to a herdsman, from pastor herdsman

Synonyms for Pester

annoy, badger, bedevil, hassle, hector, hound, irk, nag, tease, torment, beleaguer, bug, disturb, dog, fret, harry, importune, insist, nudge, plague, provoke, remind, ride, tantalize, worry, be at, drive crazy, drive up the wall, get at, get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get to, mess with, pick at, work on