Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pester
Participle: pestered
Gerund: pestering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pester |
| you | pester |
| he;she;it | pesters |
| we | pester |
| you | pester |
| they | pester |
Perfect
| I | have pestered |
| you | have pestered |
| he;she;it | has pestered |
| we | have pestered |
| you | have pestered |
| they | have pestered |
Past
| I | pestered |
| you | pestered |
| he;she;it | pestered |
| we | pestered |
| you | pestered |
| they | pestered |
Pluperfect
| I | had pestered |
| you | had pestered |
| he;she;it | had pestered |
| we | had pestered |
| you | had pestered |
| they | had pestered |
Future
| I | will pester |
| you | will pester |
| he;she;it | will pester |
| we | will pester |
| you | will pester |
| they | will pester |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pestered |
| you | will have pestered |
| he;she;it | will have pestered |
| we | will have pestered |
| you | will have pestered |
| they | will have pestered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pester |
| you | pester |
| he;she;it | pester |
| we | pester |
| you | pester |
| they | pester |
Perfect
| I | have pestered |
| you | have pestered |
| he;she;it | have pestered |
| we | have pestered |
| you | have pestered |
| they | have pestered |
Imperfect
| I | pestered |
| you | pestered |
| he;she;it | pestered |
| we | pestered |
| you | pestered |
| they | pestered |
Pluperfect
| I | had pestered |
| you | had pestered |
| he;she;it | had pestered |
| we | had pestered |
| you | had pestered |
| they | had pestered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pester |
| you | would pester |
| he;she;it | would pester |
| we | would pester |
| you | would pester |
| they | would pester |
Perfect
| I | would have pestered |
| you | would have pestered |
| he;she;it | would have pestered |
| we | would have pestered |
| you | would have pestered |
| they | would have pestered |
Imperative
| you | pester |
| we | Let's pester |
| you | pester |
Verbs conjugated like 'pester'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pester'
fester,
peter,
pewter,
poster,
wester,
bepester,
bestar,
besteer,
bestem,
bestir,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to bother, harass or annoy persistently
- annoy
- annoy
- badger, bother, chafe, disturb, gall, harass, harry, hector
Antonyms
- annoy
- please, appease, gratify, soothe
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1524, "to clog, entangle, encumber," probably aphetic of M.Fr.
empestrer "place in an embarrassing situation" (Fr.
empêtrer, Walloon
epasturer), from V.L.
*impastoriare "to hobble" (an animal), from L.
im- "in" + M.L.
pastoria (chorda) "rope to hobble an animal," noun use of L.
pastoria, fem. of
pastorius "of a herdsman," from
pastor "herdsman," from
pascere "to graze." Sense of "annoy, trouble" (1562) is from influence of
pest (q.v.).
2. In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs). See: English '
pest'.
Sample Sentences
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He pestered me with questions.
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She pestered him to help her.
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That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes in the full clue abroad a drying, and make a brauer ſhew with them, then ſo many banners and ſtreamers diſplayed againſt the Sunne on a mountaine top. [1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6:]