Definitions for pester

pester pes·ter

Spelling: [pes-ter]
IPA: /ˈpɛs tər/

Pester is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in pester (eeprst).

Definitions for pester

verb (used with object)

  1. to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
  2. Obsolete. to overcrowd.

Origin of pester

1530-40; perhaps aphetic variant of empester, impester to tangle, encumber (though pester is found earlier than these 2 words) Middle French empestrer to hobble, entangle Vulgar Latin *impāst

Examples for pester

You must not think, because I pester you not with questions, I have no curiosity.

And resist the urge to probe or pester for reassuring answers.

The modern meaning of pester is due to a wrong association with pest.

Do you want me to pester every office in the government with new inquiries?

So long as they think she's got a cent comin' to her they'll pester her in every way they can, I believe.

Williams has been complainin' to the selectmen and they're beginnin' to pester me.

“Will you go away, and not pester me,” cried Jack, turning upon him fiercely.

I blurted out "What is he that he should pester his betters with his attentions?"

Any dogs that can trace the elephant and pester him with their barring would do.

What right had she to pester him with questions like that in his own house?

Word Value for pester
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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