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nagging

[ nag-ing ]

adjective

  1. continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant:

    a nagging parent.

  2. persistently recurring; unrelenting:

    a nagging backache.



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Other Word Forms

  • ԲgԲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ԲgԲ adjective
  • ܲ·ԲgԲ·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nagging1

First recorded in 1830–40; nag 1 + -ing 2
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Each scene is a separate tiny episode, but they all connect back to the nagging pain and resilience that define Stan’s existence.

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Two older brothers had been cross-country and track athletes at Tesoro, so his parents kept nagging him to stay open-minded.

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It meant Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic needed to sit out because of sore ankles, Jarred Vanderbilt had to rest an injured groin and Dorian Finney-Smith was out because of nagging ankle issues.

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The kind of soup you try to recreate over the years, and each time, there’s a nagging feeling that something’s missing: Was it the produce grew out back?

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There is the constant nagging fear that the rebels could return hunting for young men.

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