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plural of nag
Synonyms of nags
(Entry 1 of 2)
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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- chargers,
- coursers,
- cow ponies,
- cutting horses,
- gallopers,
- hackneys,
- hacks,
- mounts,
- packhorses,
- prancers,
- quarter horses,
- racehorses,
- saddle horses,
- trotters,
- warhorses,
- workhorses
nags
verbpresent tense third-person singular of nag
Synonyms & Antonyms of nags (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
Synonyms for nags
- beefs,
- bellyaches,
- bitches,
- bleats,
- carps,
- caterwauls,
- complains,
- crabs,
- croaks,
- fusses,
- gripes,
- grizzles,
- grouches,
- grouses,
- growls,
- grumbles,
- grumps,
- hollers,
- inveighs,
- keens,
- kicks,
- kvetches,
- maunders
- [chiefly British],
- moans,
- murmurs,
- mutters,
- repines,
- screams,
- squawks,
- squeals,
- wails,
- whimpers,
- whines,
- whinges
- [British],
- yammers,
- yawps
- (or yaups),
- yowls
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