Nag·ging a. Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [Colloq.]
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Nag, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Nagged p. pr. & vb. n. Nagging ] To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] “She never nagged.”
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nag
n 1: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly
finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nagger, common
scold]
2: an old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, plug]
v 1: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
husband all day long" [syn: peck, hen-peck]
2: worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"
3: remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation"
[also: nagging, nagged]
nagging
adj : continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife";
"nagging parents" [syn: shrewish]