as in horses
a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding
a poor farmer who could only afford one old nag
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as in urges
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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as in complains
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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Recent Examples of nags
Tom Warren,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, Microsoft is upping the pressure on users to move to Windows 11, with new nags that seemingly won’t stop.
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Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
Microsoft has also tried to upsell its OneDrive cloud storage with constant nags in Windows 11.
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Tom Warren,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, Microsoft is upping the pressure on users to move to Windows 11, with new nags that seemingly won’t stop.
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Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
But in the final moments, when Carol is back in her coach seat on the plane, something nags at her.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nags
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Some are taking their horses home with them, some will continue riding as a hobby and others may give up the sport altogether.
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From May through September, long daylight hours also leave more time for kayaking among icebergs, exploring lava fields, horseback riding, geothermal pools, farm stops and wildlife sightings, from puffins to Icelandic horses.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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If someone urges you to splurge, smile, breathe, and pause.
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If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
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The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
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Which begs a larger question, really.
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The family begs for a twilight cruise, but the battery is already tapped out.
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Nothing screams summer like nautical stripes.
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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What bothers me is the foot-dragging, the spinning in circles, the slow degradation of these characters into annoying stereotypes.
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What bothers me is the implication of a Labubu National Team full of these things.
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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
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What is the pettiest thing that annoys you during a race weekend?
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One of the more common ways bear encounters escalate is when an off-leash dog runs toward a bear, annoys it, and then comes sprinting back to its owner with an angry predator in pursuit.
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“Nags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nags. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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