bothersome, annoying, incessant; criticizing relentlessly; reminding incessantly; of one who nags
act of reminding incessantly; act of criticizing relentlessly; act of pestering or bothering
remind incessantly (especially of a chore); criticize relentlessly (of a fault or imperfection); pester; bother; be a persistent source of pain or nuisance
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Nagging Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Nag
of Nag
(a.)
Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.
nagging
\nag"ging\ (?), a. fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [colloq.]
horse, race horse; complain too much
Pat bet on a nag in the sixth race and it came in second!
Poor Erik. His wife nags him about his first marriage.
Pat bet on a nag in the sixth race and it came in second!
Poor Erik. His wife nags him about his first marriage.
Adjective
1. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
(synonym) shrewish
(similar) ill-natured
Noun
1. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
(synonym) scold, scolder, nagger, common scold
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
(hyponym) harridan
(derivation) peck, hen-peck
2. an old or over-worked horse
(synonym) hack, jade, plug
(hypernym) horse, Equus caballus
Verb
1. bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
(synonym) peck, hen-peck
(hypernym) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
(derivation) scold, scolder, nagger, common scold
2. worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"
(hypernym) worry, vex
3. remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation"
(hypernym) remind
Nagging Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Nagging is a form of pestering, or otherwise reminding an individual of previously discussed dictates or advice, usually from a perspective of superiority. The word is derived from the Scandinavian nagga, which means "to gnaw".
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