nagging

nagging
Synonyms and related words:
adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, blandishment, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, captious, captiousness, carping, catty, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chronic, coaxing, continual, continuous, critical, criticism, cynical, demanding, distressing, dunning, exception, faultfinding, flak, fretful, hairsplitting, haunting, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercritical, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, importunate, importunateness, importunity, imputation, indelible, insistent, knock, naggy, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, obsessive, overcritical, overcriticalness, peevish, persistent, pestering, pettifogging, pettish, petulant, plaguing, plying, pressing, pressure, priggishness, querulous, quibble, quibbling, rap, recurrent, recurring, reflection, relentless, reproachfulness, resentful, shrewish, slam, stricture, swipe, taking exception, teasing, trichoschistic, trichoschistism, ultracritical, unforgettable, unrelenting, urgency, urgent, urging, vixenish, vixenly, wheedling

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  • Nagging — is a form of pestering, or otherwise reminding an individual of previously discussed dictates or advice, usually from a perspective of superiority. The word is derived from the Scandinavian nagga, which means to gnaw .[1] Contents 1 Social… …   Wikipedia

  • Nagging — Nag ging (n[a^]g g[i^]ng), a. Fault finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nagging — index critical (faultfinding), petulant, querulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • nagging — nag|ging [ˈnægıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) making you worry or feel pain slightly all the time nagging feeling/doubt/suspicion etc ▪ There was still a nagging doubt in the back of her mind. ▪ Lee had a nagging pain in her back. 2.) always… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nagging — adjective (only before noun) making you worry or feel pain all the time: nagging doubt/fear/feeling etc: It was a week before the wedding, and there was still the nagging doubt in the back of her mind. | nagging toothache/headache/pain etc: Lee… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • nagging — nag|ging [ nægıŋ ] adjective only before noun 1. ) affecting you in an unpleasant way for a long time and difficult to get rid of: a nagging doubt/fear/pain a nagging injury/cough/headache 2. ) frequently asking or telling someone to do something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • nagging — [[t]næ̱gɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A nagging pain is not very severe but is difficult to cure. → See also nag He complained of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades. ...nagging headaches …   English dictionary

  • nagging — UK [ˈnæɡɪŋ] / US adjective [only before noun] 1) affecting you in an unpleasant way for a long time and difficult to get rid of a nagging pain a nagging injury/cough/headache 2) a) frequently asking or telling someone to do something in a way… …   English dictionary

  • nagging — naggingness, n. /nag ing/, adj. 1. continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent. 2. persistently recurring; unrelenting: a nagging backache. [1830 40; NAG1 + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • nagging — adjective 1) his nagging wife Syn: shrewish, complaining, grumbling, fault finding, scolding, carping, criticizing 2) a nagging pain Syn: persistent, continuous, niggling, unrelenting …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Nagging — Nag Nag, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Nagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nagging}.] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.] To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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