- badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment - the act of harassing someone
--1 is a kind of harassment, molestation
- tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
--1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun badgerer1
Sam cannot badger Sue
- badger - persuade through constant efforts
--2 is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They badger him to write the letter