nagging

nag ¹

 (năg)

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.

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

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nag′ger n.

nag′ging·ly adv.

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nag ²

 (năg)

n.

1. A horse, especially:

a. An old or worn-out horse.

b. Slang A racehorse.

2. Archaic A small saddle horse or pony.

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[Middle English nagge, possibly of Low German origin.]

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nagging

(ˈnæɡɪŋ)

adj

discomforting; worrying; nigglingscolding; complaining

n

constant scolding or complaining

ˈnaggingly adv

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

nagging - continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents" shrewish ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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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]

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nagging

adjective

Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain:

aching, achy, afflictive, hurtful, painful, smarting, sore.

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Translations

دائِم الشَّكْوى والتَّذَمُّر

obtížnýtrvale nepříjemný

quälend

tenace

sem veldur sífelldum óòægindum

assillantepersistenterimprovero

murrende

neprestávajúci

rahat vermeyen

不断折磨人的尽找岔子的

nagging

[ˈnægɪŋ]

A. ADJ [person] → gruñón; [pain, doubt, fear] → persistente; [conscience] → intranquilo

B. N → quejas fpl, críticas fpl

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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.

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nagging

adj

wife, voice → meckernd (inf), → nörglerisch; (= pestering) → ewig drängend

pain → dumpf; worry, doubt → quälend; question → brennend; fear → drückend

n (= fault-finding) → Meckern nt (inf), → Nörgelei f; (= pestering) → ewiges Drängen

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nagging

[ˈnægɪŋ]

1. adj (person) → brontolone/a; (pain) → insistente, persistente; (doubt, fear) → tormentoso/a, angoscioso/a

2. n → brontolii mpl, osservazioni fpl continue

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nag

(nӕg) – past tense, past participle nagged – verb

(often with at) to complain or criticize continually. She nags (at) her husband about their lack of money. sanik يَتَذَمَّر، يَشْكو باسْتِمْرار: يَنُق натяквам reclamar sekýrovat, stěžovat si nörgeln plage γκρινιάζω, παραπονιέμαιregañar, dar la lata a alguien näägutama غر زدن mäkättää harceler לְהַצִיק तंग करना zanovijetati szekál vkit cerewet nöldra sgridare がみがみいう 잔소리로 괴롭히다 graužti, neduoti ramybės kurnēt; piesieties berleter zeurenmase, syte, hakke på zrzędzić چغهاروهل،په قهاريدل frigir a bate la cap ворчать sekírovať sitnariti zvocati gnata, tjata ดุด่า dırdır etmek, dırlanmak 揮之不去的，糾纏不止的 гризти, зводити ہر وقت شکايت کرنا rầy la 不断地唠叨

ˈnagging adjective

continuously troublesome. a nagging worry/pain. 'n plagedagte دائِم الشَّكْوى والتَّذَمُّر натякващ chato trvale nepříjemný, obtížný quälend plagende ενοχλητικόςpersistente näriv خرده گیری kalvava tenace מַצִיק पेरशानी bolan, uporan zsémbes mengganggu sem veldur sífelldum óþægindum fastidioso しつこい 심하게 잔소리하는 neduodantis ramybės smeldzošs; nerimstošs tidak putus-putus menyusahkan zeurende masete; nagende, murrende dokuczliwy په هيڅوباندى نښليدل،ماجراجويى كول chato sâcâitor мучительный neprestávajúci, ustavičný siten dosadan molande, gnagande รบกวนต่อเนื่อง rahat vermeyen 盡找岔子的，不斷折磨人的，揮之不去的，糾纏不止的 бурчання; ниття مسلسل عيب جوئي hay la rầy 尽找岔子的，不断折磨人的

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nagging

adj (pain) persistente

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