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nagging

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nag 1  (ng)
v. nagged, nag·ging, nags
v.tr.
1. To annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging.
2. To torment persistently, as with anxiety or pain.
v.intr.
1. To scold, complain, or find fault constantly: nagging at the children.
2. To be a constant source of anxiety or annoyance: The half-remembered quotation nagged at my mind.
n.
One who nags.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gnaga, to bite, gnaw.]

nagger n.
nagging·ly adv.

nag 2  (ng)
n.
1. A horse, especially:
a. An old or worn-out horse.
b. Slang A racehorse.
2. Archaic A small saddle horse or pony.

[Middle English nagge, possibly of Low German origin.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.naggingnagging - continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

nagging
adjective
1. persistent, continual, niggling, repeated, constant, endless, relentless, perpetual, never-ending, interminable, unrelenting, incessant, unremitting He complained about a nagging pain between his shoulders.
2. scolding, complaining, critical, sharp-tongued, shrewish He tried to ignore the screaming, nagging voice of his wife.
Quotations
"Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths" [Edith Summerskill speech to the Married Women's Association]
Translations
nagging [ˈnægɪŋ]
A. ADJ [person] → gruñón; [pain, doubt, fear] → persistente; [conscience] → intranquilo
B. Nquejas fpl, críticas fpl
nagging [ˈnægɪŋ]
adj
[doubt, suspicion] → persistant(e)
to have a nagging doubt that → avoir comme le pressentiment que
I have a nagging doubt that it is all going to go horribly wrong → J'ai comme le pressentiment que tout cela va horriblement mal tourner.
to have a nagging suspicion that → avoir comme le sentiment que
I have a nagging suspicion that one of the wheels has a puncture → J'ai comme le sentiment que l'un des pneus est crevé.
[pain, headache] → tenace
He complained of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades → Il se plaignait d'une douleur tenace entre les omoplates.
n (= complaining) → réflexions fpl
Her endless nagging drove him away from home → Ses réflexions continuelles l'ont fait partir de chez lui.
nagging
adj
wife, voicemeckernd (inf), → nörglerisch; (= pestering)ewig drängend
paindumpf; worry, doubtquälend; questionbrennend; feardrückend
n (= fault-finding)Meckern nt (inf), → Nörgelei f; (= pestering)ewiges Drängen
nagging [ˈnægɪŋ]
1. adj (person) → brontolone/a; (pain) → insistente, persistente; (doubt, fear) → tormentoso/a, angoscioso/a
2. nbrontolii mpl, osservazioni fpl continue

nagging [ˈnægɪŋ]
1. adj (person) → brontolone/a; (pain) → insistente, persistente; (doubt, fear) → tormentoso/a, angoscioso/a
2. nbrontolii mpl, osservazioni fpl continue


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I sometimes think she'd have more of an influence for good, as you say yourself, if she didn't keep nagging people to do right.
I should have abandoned the facts and made her a nagging, tiresome woman, or else a bigoted one with no sympathy for the claims of the spirit.
You'd find I was no hand at nagging and fault-finding.
 
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