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Showing words for PESTERING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Pestering

estreping, pestering

8 Letter Words for Pestering

energist, gentries, ingester, insperge, integers, petering, pingster, prestige, presting, reesting, speering, spreeing, steeping, steering, streigne

7 Letter Words for Pestering

entires, entries, erepsin, generis, gentier, gerents, giterne, greisen, inepter, insteep, integer, nerites, nipters, peering, penster, pentise, persing, pestier, petrine, pingers, preeing, present, presign, pterins, regents, repents, repines, respite, resting, retines, retinge, seeping, septier, sergipe, serpent, serting, setiger, spignet, sprenge, springe, stinger, strepen, teering, terpine, treeing, trenise, trienes

6 Letter Words for Pestering

egrets, engirt, enters, entier, enties, entire, entrep, epigne, eprise, ernest, eserin, espier, esprit, estrin, genepi, genets, genies, genips, genres, gentes, gerent, gernes, gesten, gester, ginete, gipsen, gipser, greens, greets, greins, gripes, inerts, ingest, inseer, insert, instep, inters, neiper, nepers, nepits, nereis, nerite, nester, nigers, nipter, niters, peeing, peiser, penest, penies, perine, perite, pernis, perten, pester, peters, petres, petrie, pierst, pignet, pinger, preens, prents, preset, priest, prints, pterin, pteris, regent, regest, reigns, renies, renigs, rentes, repegs, repent, repine, repins, resent, resign, resing, resite, respin, restep, reties, retine, ripens, ripest, seeing, seiner, seiren, seiten, serein, serine, sering, setier, sieger, signee, signer, signet, singer, sinter, sirene, sitrep, sniper, spinet, spreng, sprent, spring, sprint, sprite, sterin, stinge, streen, streep, strene, streng, strine, string, stripe, teeing, tenges, tenser, ternes, terpen, terpin, tigers, tinger, tinges, tipree, treens, triene, triens, trines, tripes

5 Letter Words for Pestering

egers, egest, egret, eigne, enets, enter, entre, entsi, epist, epris, erept, ering, ernes, ester, estre, etens, geeps, geest, geist, geits, genep, genes, genet, genie, genip, genit, genre, gents, geres, gerip, gerne, geste, ginep, girns, girse, girts, gites, green, grees, greet, grein, greit, grens, grese, grete, grins, grint, gripe, grips, gript, grist, grits, inept, inert, inger, insee, insep, inset, instr, inter, irene, isere, iters, neeps, neger, neist, neper, nepit, nerts, neter, netes, niger, niter, peens, peers, peert, peine, penie, penis, pense, pents, peres, peris, perit, perns, perse, perst, perts, peste, peter, petre, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piner, pines, pinge, pings, pinte, pints, pirns, piste, preen, prees, prent, pries, prigs, prine, print, reens, reest, reges, reget, regie, regin, reign, reins, reist, reneg, renet, renig, rente, rents, repeg, repen, repin, reset, resin, resit, retes, retie, retin, retip, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rites, segni, seige, seine, sengi, senit, sente, senti, serge, sergt, serin, siege, sient, singe, siper, siren, sneer, snerp, snipe, snirt, snite, speen, speer, speir, spent, spete, spier, spine, spire, spite, spree, spret, sprig, sprit, steen, steep, steer, stein, steng, stere, steri, stern, stine, sting, stipe, stire, stirp, strep, strig, strip, teens, teers, teise, tenes, tenge, tense, terne, terns, terse, tiens, tiers, tiger, tiges, tines, tinge, tings, tires, treen, trees, tries, trigs, trine, trins, tripe, trips, tsere, tsine

4 Letter Words for Pestering

eger, eine, eire, enes, engr, engs, ense, entr, epit, eres, ergs, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, erse, erst, esne, eten, geep, geer, gees, geet, gein, geir, geit, gene, gens, gent, gere, gers, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gire, girn, girt, gise, gist, gite, gits, gree, gren, gret, grin, grip, gris, grit, insp, inst, intr, ipse, ires, irpe, isnt, iter, neep, neer, neet, negs, neps, nese, nest, nete, neti, nets, nies, nips, nist, nits, peen, peer, pees, pegs, pene, peng, peni, pens, pent, pere, peri, pern, pers, pert, pest, pete, pets, pien, pier, pies, piet, pigs, pine, ping, pins, pint, pirn, pirs, pise, pist, pits, pree, pres, pret, prie, prig, prin, psig, reen, rees, reet, regs, regt, rein, reit, rent, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, rgen, ries, rigs, rine, ring, rins, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, seen, seep, seer, seir, seit, sene, sent, sepg, sepn, sept, sere, serg, sert, sien, sier, sign, sine, sing, sipe, sire, site, snee, snig, snip, snit, spet, spie, spig, spin, spit, steg, sten, step, ster, stge, stie, stir, stre, teen, teer, tees, tegs, tene, teng, tens, tepe, tern, terp, tien, tier, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tipe, tips, tire, tree, tres, trie, trig, trin, trip

3 Letter Words for Pestering

eeg, een, eer, eir, ene, eng, ens, epi, ere, erg, ern, ers, ert, ese, esp, esr, est, gee, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gnp, gns, gps, grs, gte, ign, ing, ins, int, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, its, nee, neg, nei, nep, net, nie, nig, nip, nis, nit, pee, peg, pen, per, pes, pet, pie, pig, pin, pir, pis, pit, pre, prn, prs, psi, pst, pte, ptg, pts, ree, reg, rei, rep, res, rie, rig, rin, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, see, seg, sei, sen, sep, ser, set, sie, sig, sin, sip, sir, sit, spt, sri, stg, str, tee, teg, ten, ter, tes, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tip, tis, tng, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp

Definitions for Pestering

[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 Pestering

pesteranger, discontent, pique, bothering, distress, botheration, displeasure, exasperation, frustration, harassment, indignation, irascibility, irritation, provocation, unhappiness, vexation

Words nearby Pestering

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

Origin of Pestering

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 Pestering

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

Word origin for Pestering

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 Pestering

anger, bothering, discontent, distress, pique, botheration, displeasure, exasperation, frustration, harassment, indignation, irascibility, irritation, provocation, unhappiness, vexation