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Antonyms for pestered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pes-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛs tər

Definition of pestered

Origin :
  • 1520s, "to clog, entangle, encumber," probably a shortening of Middle French empestrer "place in an embarrassing situation" (Modern French empêtrer, Walloon epasturer), from Vulgar Latin *impastoriare "to hobble" (an animal), from Latin im- "in" + Medieval Latin pastoria (chorda) "(rope) to hobble an animal," from Latin pastoria, fem. of pastorius "of a herdsman," from pastor "herdsman" (see pastor (n.)). Sense of "annoy, trouble" (1560s) is from influence of pest. Related: Pestered; pestering.
  • verb bother, harass
Example sentences :
  • I know not what I have written—I am pestered with people around me.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • He has pestered me to get back there ever since I showed him over the place the day he arrived.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • But the mere trooth is, parson, I'm pestered by them promises I makes deeceased.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • He says she knows enough; an' he ain't goin' t' have her pestered.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • After that I wanted to write to him every day and pestered Mahananda accordingly.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • The ships of the early discoverer, Gosnold, in 1602, were "pestered with cod."
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • One day Crisenius pestered Franke with one of his whining complaints.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • I have been pestered from deputations and speeches since the Land League.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • The heat was excessive, and Gordon and his staff were pestered by crowds of gnats.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Had we come later, we should have been pestered by attendants and markers.
  • Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope

Synonyms for pestered

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