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Synonyms for pestering
pes·ter·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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, teasingAntonyms:
agreeable
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List of paraphrases for "pestering":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4328 | dirty | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#21074 | teasing | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#30182 | cranky | |
#34103 | harassing | |
#34388 | mocking | |
#34818 | pesky | |
#46948 | bothersome | |
#59577 | scratchy | |
#66520 | maddening | |
#70924 | techy | |
#74214 | testy | |
#74824 | infuriating | |
#78530 | vexing | |
#89995 | vexatious | |
#101981 | galling | |
#102921 | quizzical | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#108040 | pestering | |
#111300 | exasperating | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#245384 | pestilent | |
#264537 | pestilential | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#299977 | corruptive | |
#313326 | irritative | |
#323849 | tetchy |
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