as in teasing
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
He's always badgering me about the dishes.
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Recent Examples of badgering
Jason Bateman shines in the scene with the Diamond District connect, fast-talking and badgering this guy within an inch of his life until Mancuso and Babbitt show up to take him out.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Impatient investors have been badgering the company for several years to cash in some of its more valuable assets.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Trump has been badgering Powell and other Fed officials to cut rates for months, but Powell has said the independent agency isn’t influenced by politics and will do what’s best for the economy.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Impatient investors have been badgering the company for several years to cash in some of its more valuable assets.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Poor people know the intimate, badgering pangs of hunger, but in Ireland, the memory of the 1845-1848 Famine—the Great Hunger, when one million died from starvation and disease, and another million emigrated—still aches.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Trump has been badgering Powell and other Fed officials to cut rates for months, but Powell has said the independent agency isn’t influenced by politics and will do what’s best for the economy.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for badgering
Verb
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In particular, 2023 lottery pick Jarace Walker seems likely to become a rotation fixture after two years of teasing us in short cameos.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Country singer Zach Bryan faced backlash after teasing a song with a lyric about ICE raids.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Oct. 2025
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No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Badgering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badgering. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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