badgered,ppl.a.|ˈbædʒəd| [f.prec. + -ed.] Persistently worried, persecuted, or pestered. 1794J. Wolcott (P. Pindar) Rowl. for OliverWks. II. 163 Therefore I tremble for his badger'd bacon.1850Thackeray PendennisWks. 1869 IV. 59 I'm so pressed and badgered, I don't know where to turn.