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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pestered (0.01040 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Pestered.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pestered
pestered
adj : troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
“harassed working mothers”;
“a harried expression”;
“her poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions”;
“the vexed parents of an unruly
teenager” [syn:
annoyed,
harassed,
harried,
vexed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pestered
Pester
\Pes"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pestered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Pestering.] [Abbrev. fr. impester, fr. OF. empaistrier,
empestrer, to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, F.
emp[^e]trer; pref. em-, en- (L. in in) + 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,
Pastor.]
1. To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty
vexations.
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We are pestered with mice and rats. --Dr. H. More.
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A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world.
--Dryden.
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2. To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to
infest. [Obs.] --Milton.
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All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with
fishes. --Holland.
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