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Showing words for PESTERED using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Pestered

estreped, pestered

7 Letter Words for Pestered

deepest, depeter, deprest, deseret, despert, estrepe, petered, prested, reested, resteep, speeder, speered, steeped, steeper, steered

6 Letter Words for Pestered

deeper, desert, deters, peered, pester, peters, petres, presee, preset, reedes, reseed, rested, restep, seeder, seeped, spreed, streep, teered, tepees

5 Letter Words for Pestered

deeps, deere, deets, deres, deter, dreep, drees, drest, epees, erept, esere, ester, estre, pedee, pedes, peers, peert, peres, perse, perst, perts, peste, peter, petre, preed, prees, redes, reede, reeds, reese, reest, resee, reset, retes, seder, sered, speed, speer, spete, spred, spree, spret, stede, steed, steep, steer, stere, strep, teers, tepee, terse, treed, trees, tsere

4 Letter Words for Pestered

deep, deer, dees, deet, depe, depr, dept, dere, dree, epee, ered, eres, erse, erst, peds, peed, peer, pees, pere, pers, pert, pest, pete, pets, pred, pree, pres, pret, ptsd, rede, reds, reed, rees, reet, reps, rept, resp, rest, retd, rete, rets, seed, seep, seer, sepd, sept, sere, sert, sped, spet, sted, step, ster, stre, teds, teed, teer, tees, tepe, terp, tree, tres

3 Letter Words for Pestered

dee, dep, der, des, det, dpt, dsp, dsr, edp, eds, eer, erd, ere, ers, ert, esd, ese, esp, esr, est, ped, pee, per, pes, pet, pre, prs, pst, pte, pts, red, ree, rep, res, rps, rpt, rte, sed, see, sep, ser, set, spt, std, str, tdr, ted, tee, ter, tes, tpd, tps, trp, trs, tsp

Definitions for Pestered

[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 Pestered

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

Words nearby Pestered

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

Origin of Pestered

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 Pestered

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

Word origin for Pestered

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 Pestered

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