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单词 nagging
释义

nagging

adjective

nag·​ging ˈna-giŋ How to pronounce nagging (audio)
1
: persistently annoying or finding fault with someone
a nagging husband/wife
2
a
: causing continual or recurring worry or anxiety
a nagging fear
This time, the worry is that the housing slowdown will curtail growth before the Federal Reserve gets nagging inflation concerns resolved. Scott Patterson
b
: causing continual or recurring pain or discomfort
He'd had a nagging headache all day.
a nagging injury
naggingly
ˈna-giŋ-lē How to pronounce nagging (audio)
adverb
There has always been something naggingly sad about Bonds' career … Tim Keown
… something about the book feels naggingly familiar, as if you know how it will end before you start … Debra Pickett

Synonyms

  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • nasty
  • perturbing
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • troublous
  • unsettling
  • upsetting
  • worrisome
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Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

nagging 1 of 2

adjective

as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety I have this nagging feeling that something will still go wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • disturbing
  • troubling
  • unsettling
  • troublesome
  • nasty
  • worrisome
  • disquieting
  • frightening
  • upsetting
  • distressing
  • discomforting
  • scary
  • terrible
  • perturbing
  • horrible
  • discouraging
  • frightening
  • dread
  • scary
  • troublous
  • discomposing
  • shocking
  • terrifying
  • disconcerting
  • harassing
  • demoralizing
  • discomfiting
  • dismaying
  • dreadful
  • dire
  • daunting
  • alarming
  • fearful
  • chilling
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • intimidating
  • direful
  • forbidding
  • ghastly
  • horrifying
  • horrendous
  • fearsome
  • formidable
  • frightful
  • persecutory
  • persecutive
  • hair-raising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reassuring
  • settling
  • soothing
  • calming
  • quieting
  • comforting
  • consoling
  • dreamy
  • relaxing
  • narcotic
  • inviting
  • sedative
  • tranquilizing
  • pacifying
  • lulling
  • tranquillizing
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nagging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of nag
1
as in bothering
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bothering
  • begging
  • hounding
  • urging
  • annoying
  • needling
  • badgering
  • henpecking
  • dogging
  • pestering
  • bugging
  • picking at
  • nitpicking
  • irking
  • harassing
  • prodding
  • vexing
  • plaguing
  • prompting
  • pushing
  • hassling
  • goading
  • spurring
  • pleading
  • harrying
  • insisting
  • cajoling
  • coaxing
  • wheedling
  • pecking (at)
  • chivvying
  • pressuring
  • inciting
  • egging
  • exhorting
  • baiting
  • riding
  • chivying
  • importuning
  • pressing
  • fussing (about or over)
  • yapping (at)
  • carping (at)
  • blandishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • complimenting
  • praising
  • recommending
  • commending
  • lauding
  • applauding
  • touting
  • eulogizing
  • acclaiming
  • extolling
  • building up
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2
as in complaining
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 & Similar Words

  • complaining
  • screaming
  • whining
  • moaning
  • grumbling
  • muttering
  • worrying
  • bitching
  • whimpering
  • yammering
  • growling
  • grousing
  • griping
  • bellyaching
  • carping
  • kvetching
  • squealing
  • kicking
  • squawking
  • murmuring
  • wailing
  • whinging
  • caterwauling
  • crying
  • grouching
  • whingeing
  • grizzling
  • hollering
  • grumping
  • yowling
  • bleating
  • repining
  • keening
  • fussing
  • beefing
  • inveighing
  • maundering
  • yawping
  • protesting
  • crabbing
  • croaking
  • kicking up a stink
  • quibbling
  • yauping
  • sobbing
  • kicking up a fuss
  • fretting
  • caviling
  • stewing
  • lamenting
  • blubbering
  • cavilling
  • bemoaning
  • bewailing
  • quarrelling (with)
  • deploring
  • quarreling (with)
  • objecting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • enduring
  • rejoicing
  • delighting
  • tolerating
  • accepting
  • bearing
  • taking
  • crowing
  • applauding
  • cheering
  • countenancing
  • commending
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