to badger
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4.7
- verb
- /ˈbædʒər/
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- Oh, will you stop badgering me?
Examples
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"If the police come and start badgering you, call me."
Fiction book (1996) -
I don't want to be a pest and badger the guy, but is this situation normal?
Blog text (21) -
-Badger me not with details.
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You badger me to forgive you in three days.
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Please don't badger our guest.
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The other children could continue to badger the child who misbehaved for days, weeks, and even months.
Academic text (1998) -
They keep badgering me, calling me in.
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Well, Roy, if that's the way you feel, I won't badger you.
Fiction book (1990) -
The next morning, I badgered Rosemary into going to the children's mass.
Fiction book (1992) -
Please don't badger our guest with questions about their personal life.
Synonyms
302
4.0
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
245
1.9
To make fun of someone in a way that annoys them
85
3.7
To annoy someone by bothering them repeatedly
58
6.1
To follow and bother someone without stopping
47
4.4
To bother someone again and again
39
5.6
To give someone many questions or messages quickly
34
3.2
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
18
7.4
Ask someone many questions to get information
12
7.8
To surround a person with many requests and questions
8
2.6
To keep criticizing or telling someone to do things in an annoying way
3
7.6
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
3
7.8
To send a large fast stream of questions or messages to someone
3
8.0
To annoy someone with small, repeated complaints
3
9.6
To ask someone again and again for something in an annoying way
2
8.6
To trouble or annoy someone again and again
To annoy someone by asking or reminding them again and again
To keep asking or complaining to make someone do something
To frighten or shout at someone to make them do what you want
Idioms
Compounds
- Indian
1
7.6
A strong, fierce mammal from Africa and southern Asia that hunts at night and breaks into beehives
- Archaic
A small dog with a long body and short legs that people bred to follow animals into holes
- US
A large skunk with a bare nose and white back and tail found in southwestern North America and Mexico
A medium-sized animal with black and white face stripes that lives in underground holes in Europe and Asia
- Philippine
A small animal with a pig-like snout that lives in sandy places and digs for insects
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Etymology
Badger as a verb grew from the animal name and the picture of people chasing or troubling a badger, and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine being pushed and bothered like a hunted badger, which is why to badger someone is to 'pester' them again and again.