What is the meaning of pestered?

verb

• Annoy persistently.
  • usage: "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
  • synonyms: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer

adjective

• Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
  • usage: "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
  • synonyms: annoyed, harassed, harried, vexed