Definition of Nagging in English :

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Nagging meaning in English

Meaning of Nagging in English

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Nagging

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Adjective

1. nagging, shrewish

continually complaining or faultfinding

Example Sentences:
'a shrewish wife'
'nagging parents'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nagging

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adjective
1. 
discomforting; worrying; niggling
He invited me to dinner that night; despite a nagging doubt, I accepted.
In spite of the good omens, there was a nagging doubt.
I have a nagging doubt that it is all going to go horribly wrong.
I have a nagging suspicion that one of the wheels has a puncture.
nagging headaches
He complained of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades.
2. 
scolding; complaining
a nagging husband
noun
3. 
constant scolding or complaining
Her endless nagging drove him away from home.

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Nagging

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v. nagged, nag·ging, nags
v.tr.
1. To annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging.
2. To torment persistently, as with anxiety or pain.
v.intr.
1. To scold, complain, or find fault constantly: nagging at the children.
2. To be a constant source of anxiety or annoyance: The half-remembered quotation nagged at my mind.
n.
One who nags.

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