pester

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
2. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To crowd together thickly.

Noun

A bother or nuisance.

Concepts

importuner

emmerder

🐛

déranger

harceler

tourmenter

ennuyer

insecte

investir

irriter

perturber

raser

bassiner

blaireau

🦡

assommer

embêter

🐛

gêner

asticoter

Synonymes

bother

annoy

nag

trouble

harass

vex

plague

tease

worry

badger

🦡

irritate

torment

importune

beg

bug

🐛

exasperate

taunt

hassle

beleaguer

disturb

mock

afflict

pestering

fret

circle around

buzz around

bedevil

buttonhole

urge

stick to

ail

oppress

dun

distress

hound

hover

harry

crave

conquer

beset

complexify

complain

beseech

annoying

cling to

chatter

flay

finger

chastise

chasten

Traductions

belästigen

tormentare

molestar

molestare

importunar

assillare

quälen

drangsalieren

importunar

plagen

hostigar

infastidire

seccare

far penare

tampinare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à anglais: pest

Appartenant à anglais: -

In summary

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).