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PESTERING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pestering mean?
• PESTERING (adjective)
The adjective PESTERING has 1 sense:
1. causing irritation or annoyance
Familiarity information: PESTERING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms:
annoying; bothersome; galling; irritating; nettlesome; pesky; pestering; pestiferous; plaguey; plaguy; teasing; vexatious; vexing
Context example:
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Context examples
If you come pestering me any more with your silly talk I’ll set the dog at you.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On-the-go purchases are often impulsive and can be the result of children pestering their parents.
(Removing sweets and crisps from supermarket checkouts linked to dramatic fall in unhealthy snack purchases, University of Cambridge)
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