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[ nag-ing ] / ˈnæg ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nagging ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecontinually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent. persistently recurring; unrelenting: a nagging backache. Origin of naggingFirst recorded in 1830–40; nag1 + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM naggingnag·ging·ness, nounun·nag·ging, adjectiveun·nag·ging·ly, adverbWords nearby naggingNagasaki, Nägele obliquity, Nägele's pelvis, Nägele's rule, nagger, nagging, naggish, naggy, nagor, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for naggingOn Friday, less than 48 hours before the race, Bekele withdrew, citing a nagging calf injury. Eliud Kipchoge’s Streak Comes to an End in London|Martin Fritz Huber|October 5, 2020|Outside Online Sara Garner had a nagging feeling something wasn’t quite right. Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet|Tanya Basu|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review It's the equivalent of having a nagging teacher or parent telling you to "sit up!" Lumo Lift Vibrates You Into Better Posture|Gregory Ferenstein|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Maybe women should just leave comedy to the menfolk, and stick to nagging! Juvenile Misogynist Seth MacFarlane Is Not Funny|Amy Zimmerman|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only interesting thing about this video is the nagging question of WTF Avril Lavigne is talking about. Avril Lavigne’s Dumb ‘Hello Kitty’ Video Is Rife with Cultural Appropriation|Amy Zimmerman|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Kaku has little taste for unorthodox views or nagging objections, as they muddy his vision of tomorrowland. What Will Happen to Our Minds in the Future?|Robert Herritt|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The baseball player admitted to using banned products to facilitate his rehabilitation from a “nagging injury.” Reconsidering the War on Steroids|Jonathan Miller|September 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Tact is required to avoid fault-finding, nagging, and jealousy. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book|Various He it was who broke with George, possibly aided thereto by her nagging. But, as once before under the president's nagging, he found his self-control rising with the provocation. Empire Builders|Francis Lynde And what was worse, this time there clung that nagging little doubt. Storm Over Warlock|Andre Norton Talking often drives a man to drink, both negatively in the form of nagging and positively in the form of bad company. What I Saw in America|G. K. Chesterton
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