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(Entry 1 of 2)
causing worry or anxiety
- I have this nagging feeling that something will still go wrong
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nagging
verb
present participle of nag
Synonyms & Antonyms of nagging (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
- she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder
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2
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
- if all you can do is nag, then you are of no use to this organization at all
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- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- bleating,
- carping,
- caterwauling,
- complaining,
- crabbing,
- croaking,
- fussing,
- griping,
- grizzling,
- grouching,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- grumping,
- hollering,
- inveighing,
- keening,
- kicking,
- kvetching,
- maundering
- [chiefly British],
- moaning,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- repining,
- screaming,
- squawking,
- squealing,
- wailing,
- whimpering,
- whinging
- (or whingeing)
- [British],
- whining,
- yammering,
- yawping
- (or yauping),
- yowling
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The first known use of nagging was in 1829
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