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Thesaurus: pester

To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.

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  1. v. t. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.
  2. v. t. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.
  3. v. annoy persistently
  4. 1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. Dryden. 2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. Holland.
  5. v:100 v annoy persistently