pester (verb) past tense: pestered

"I hate to pester you, but when will you finish that report?"

Pester means ‘to bother someone repeatedly, often for a minor reason.’

• Tom's mother pesters him every day to clean up his room.
• If you continually pester me about the details, I will never write the book.

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pester /ˈpɛstə/vb

1. (transitive) to annoy or nag continually

Etymology: 16th Century: 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, frompastor herdsman

ˈpesterernˈpesteringlyadv

'pester' also found in these entries:

annoy - badger - bait - beleaguer - besiege - bother - bug - devil - disturb - fuss - harass - hound - nag - persecute - plague - torment - trouble

Synonyms: annoy, harass, provoke, bother, trouble, more...