Synonyms for pestering

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1. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing(adj)

   causing irritation or annoyance

   "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

   Synonyms:
   irritating, exasperating, corruptive, pestilential, petulant, bothersome, mocking, galling, pestilent, cranky, perversive, pesky, scratchy, pestiferous, pettish, nettlesome, dirty, vexing, painful, irritable, plaguey, quizzical, peevish, irritative, plaguy, maddening, infuriating, annoying, tetchy, testy, fractious, techy, vexatious, peckish, teasing

   Antonyms:
   agreeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "pestering":

   harassing

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1. Anuj Somany:

   Invisible God has a weird but justified way of offering protection or penalty to every person as each one deserves as HE punishes the wicked guy by giving him a lot of false friends and often women around him while HE gives a prize to a wise by keeping those pestering individuals away from him.

2. Nina Jensen:

   We do see a shift in Statoil that we wanted to acknowledge by not pestering them at this year's AGM, they have still got a huge way to go.

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