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Synonyms for pestering
pes·ter·ing

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexingadjective

    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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "pestering":

    harassing

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How to use pestering in a sentence?

  1. 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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