This will often help you to see which one better fits your context. Synonyms for pester annoy harass importune disturb nag Show more Synonyms Add synonyms Learn more about the word 'pester', its origin, alternative forms, and usage from Wiktionary. I would like to use examples of the two sentences above in an email directed to an organization, but I would like to avoid using 'you' or 'bug', if possible. So, for example, pestering translates as drangsalierend plagend piesackend in German and irksome as ärgerlich lästig. If you are paying for this service or for support (which you may not be), I wouldnt worry about apologizing for requesting it, especially if your previous request was not attended to.
( Irksome problem is quite common, but there is no occurrence of pestering problem.)Į: Do a back translation into the mother tongue. (*Irksome* is about three times more common as a collocate of *problem* than *pestering*.)ĭ: Do a Google Books Ngram comparison. So if you want to know which is the more common collocate of *problem* (*irksome* or *pestering*), enter each phrase, compare the number of hits and scan the results for the phrase in its context. Another way to say Pester Synonyms for Pester (other words and phrases for Pester). (You will note, for example, that pestering is much more common in a verb phrase than as an adjective.)Ĭ: Search Google for the phrase containing the word you are interested in. You can scan the results list to see if there are contexts that match yours. This will return examples of the word in numerous authentic contexts. ).ī: Use an online concordancer such as the COCA which allows you to do a KWIC (Keyword in context) search. Similarly, starting with an adjective such as opposed you are given a list of collocate adverbs ( adamantly, bitterly, vehemently, implacably. If your context or starting point is a noun such as problem, the dictionary entry will give you a list of the verbs and adjectives that collocate with it. Since the question " What word is the best fit to a given context?" is a question about collocation, you could use a collocation dictionary, such as the LTP Dictionary of Selected Collocations.
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