Move and Pester

Move

Move verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Usage example: we were deeply moved by the program of patriotic music

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Pester and move are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pester" instead a verb "Move".

Nearby Words: moving, moved, movement, mover, movable

Pester verb - To thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation.

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Move and pester are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Move" instead a verb "Pester".

Nearby Word: pestering

In Peanuts, Schroeder says this verbatim about Lucy when Lucy and Linus (temporarily) move away: when she had tried to tell him that her family was moving, he had assumed it was hypothetical, more of her usual attempts to pester him into saying he likes her.

Source: Never Got to Say Goodbye

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