nagverb [ I or T ]
uk/næɡ/us/næɡ/-gg-to criticize or complain often in an annoying way:
[ + obj + to infinitive ] My mum's always nagging me to get my hair cut.
If you stop nagging at me, I might actually do it.
I'm always nagging him about his diet.
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- start on at sb
- whinger
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Disapproving & criticizing
Phrasal verb(s)
nag (away) at sb
nagnoun [ C ]
uk/næɡ/us/næɡ/old-fashioned informala horse, especially one that is too old to be useful
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Horses & similar animals
- beast
- beast of burden idiom
- bronco
- brood mare
- brumby
- chestnut
- fetlock
- gelding
- horse-drawn
- hunter
- mane
- mare
- mule
- mustang
- palomino
- piebald
- skewbald
- stud
- thoroughbred
- zebra
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