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