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Definition of Pestered
1. Adjective. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. "The vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
Definition of Pestered
1. Verb. (past of pester) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pestered
1. pester [v] - See also: pester
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pestered
Literary usage of Pestered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ten Years of My Life by Agnes zu Salm-Salm (1877)
"... to Germany—In Anholt—My husband's debts—Different views— Returning to my
deserted home—Sympathisers—pestered t.- death— A last appeal to a brother—A ..."
2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... which •wharf should no ways at all, be pestered with any buildings or other
impediments to obscure the beauty of the arched work, but only with cranes ..."
3. Memoirs & Travels of Sir John Reresby, Bart by John Reresby (1904)
"It received three thousand the first year it was erected, whereby the town in
the world the most pestered with beggars is become the freest of them. ..."
4. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... Lake Albert—Mr. Stanley assista me with valuable advice in the prevention and
treatment of fevers—During the forest march we are pestered by parasites, ..."
5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"... they would have none marry but such as are rich and able to maintain wives,
because their parish belike shall be pestered with orphans, and the world ..."
6. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1901)
"... of money being raised, and the Council came to be pestered by the competing
claims of the sufferers (p. 568). д few miscellaneous items of interest may ..."
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