Word Meanings - PESTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. empêtrer; pref. em-, en- + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See

Additional info about word: PESTER

entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F. empêtrer; pref. em-, en- + LL. pastorium, pastoria, a fetter by which horses are prevented from wandering in the pastures, fr. L. pastorius belonging to a herdsman or shepherd, pastor a herdsman. See In, and Pasture, 1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. Dryden. 2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. Holland.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PESTER)

• Bother
• Fuse
• worry
• pester
• excitement
• stir
• plague
• vex
• annoy
• tease
• confusion
• vexation
• flurry
• trouble
• Harass
• Weary
• fatigue
• jade
• irritate
• chafe
• molest
• harrow
• tora
• ent
• tire
• perplex
• distress
• Importune
• Pester
• solicit
• ask urgently
• press
• Infest
• Trouble
• harass
• disturb
• Vex
• Tease
• provoke
• torment
• tantalize
• bother
• disquiet
• afflict

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PESTER)

• Soothe
• compose
• please
• gratify
• gladden
• console
• elate
• comfort
• Inspirit
• refresh
• animate
• enliven
• quiet
• calm
• mesmerize
• Relax
• inhibit
• persuade
• entice
• allure
• solicit
• touch
• skim
• graze
• free
• liberate
• ease
• avoid
• relieve
• Compose
• allay
• appease
• soothe
• delight
• recreate
• entertain

Related words: (words related to PESTER)

• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• INHIBITORY
  Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• COMFORTLESS
  Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• TORMENTFUL
  Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment; excruciating. Tillotson.
• RELAXANT
  A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
• TORMENTOR
  An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. Hebert. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. Jer. Taylor. Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• HARASS
  To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
• IMPORTUNELY
  In an importune manner.
• AFFLICTIVELY
  In an afflictive manner.
• COMFORTABLY
  In a comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
• AFFLICTIVE
  Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.
• AFFLICTING
  Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
• DISQUIETMENT
  State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. Hopkins.
• OVERFATIGUE
  Excessive fatigue.
• MANDELATE
  A salt of mandelic acid.
• UNPERPLEX
  To free from perplexity. Donne.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• HOTPRESSED
  Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
• APPRENTICESHIP
  1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. 2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
• UNQUIET
  To disquiet. Ld. Herbert.