Pester and Try

Pester

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

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

Nearby Word: pestering

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Usage example: you're trying my patience

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Pester and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pester" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

people	pester people	try people
someone	pester someone	try someone
money	pester money	try money
game	pester game	try game
Other words: player, times, sister, friends.

If they try to pester the misanthrope they won't hesitate to tell them exactly how much of a Scrappy they are.

Source: Madden Into Misanthropy
After seven days, it will begin to try to pester you into buying a software key with loud and annoying pop-up.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Other
Cry is liable to fly off the handle if enough people pester him during a playthrough or try to backseat-game, especially if he's being bugged about something he was going to do anyways.

Source: Lets Play / Chaotic Monki

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