Word Finder - nagging

definition

To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

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To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.

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The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.

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To bother or disturb persistently in any way.

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a nagging north wind

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The action of the verb nag.

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Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

It's just another nagging question.

Jonny wouldn't listen to his nagging sister, but he'd darned well listen to a man as terrifying as Dusty could be.

An eternity of her nagging you wasn't enough?

I feel terrible asking you this, but it keeps nagging at me.

Still, that nagging feeling in her stomach didn't go away.

If anything, the nagging feeling was growing stronger.

While there was evidence of the opportunity to switch the bones, there was the nagging problem of Fitzgerald having neither knowledge nor chance to steal the bone fragment from Cynthia's jewelry box.

Skepticism is a defense mechanism, the nagging voice of reason.

However, I had a nagging suspicion that the remedies I was using were dealing with symptoms and not causes.

Many people are afraid to buy swimwear online due to sizing considerations and the nagging notion that what looks good on the online catalog model will hug your own figure unattractively.

Not sure how, when you've been nagging me for thousands of years.

She refused to give in to the nagging question of brain damage.

Yeah, yeah, quit your nagging.

Sometimes that's the only way you can get them to stop their nagging.

While he recalled little else of his time before the Schism, Jule couldn't help the nagging feeling he was missing something important about the transition between an old and new god.

All he needed was a nice brick wall to halt the nagging speculation Byrne might have skipped—like a body or something equally definitive.

If she didn't face that nagging fear, she was going to lose the two people she cared about most — Alex and Jonathan.

You have much less shortness of breath during your workouts, and that nagging occasional ache in your lower back has somehow disappeared.

I begin to experience a nagging feeling that perhaps I should be putting up shelving or repointing the brickwork rather than hanging around.

Shem is something of a nagging wife to Adam, often trying to suggest his rebel chum try not to be quite so excitable.

We had arrived in India with a nagging feeling that unless you backpacked far and wide, you couldn't really experience the country.

At first, he was glad she was n't nagging him to be with her more any more.

As tedious as a nagging toothache, the myth is endlessly repeated.

But soon you 'd be home, and nagging your sainted mother for an empty shoe-box.

Shawn rudely turned and left when his nagging wife continued to prate on about his shortcomings.

Parents are often so busy that they do chores and perform tasks their children could do because it's faster and easier than teaching them how to do the task correctly and nagging the kids to get them to do it each day.

We use it to define everything from nagging worries to major life changing events.

Sometimes, whether it's because of constant stress or because of leftover, nagging issues, you can experience free floating anger.

Pretty soon, you'll have your very own piece of art and you would have released a ton of those nagging worries!

Your interpretation of parents nagging is most likely just their genuine interest, and concern-remember, they miss you and just want the best for you.

By my stubborn nagging and insistence, although my doctor could not see the cancer in his microscope, I saved our dog, Senator's, life from a very rapid growing cancer.

However, with 100% wood decking there's always that annoying little voice in your head reminding you of chores that become the nagging bond you form with your outdoor space - the mantra that gets between you and complete freedom.

Just as owners of other phones can experience some issues from time to time, you will find that there are some nagging Samsung cell phone problems too.

A nagging morning cough may be one sign of a tobacco habit.

Do you suffer from the nagging fear that everyone is out to get their hands on your money?

Sometimes, simply putting a chore worksheet up in your child's room or on the refrigerator will eliminate the need for nagging your child to do his chores.

Ghost stories have been around for a very long time, but nothing removes nagging doubts as to whether spirits really do exist like ghosts caught on camera.

This shifts the curve of the lower back, which may cause a low-grade but nagging back pain to develop, for example.

There is nothing more terrifying than that nagging worry about developing a condition such as skin cancer, and for some the knowledge and awareness of skin cancer warning signs can be the difference between life and death.

It was en route that a nagging thought rose to the surface of his cluttered consciousness.

Courting a widow was one thing, but harboring a nagging feeling she might not be widowed was quite another matter.

If she didn't face that nagging fear, she was going to lose the two people she cared about most — Alex and Jonathan.

The problem was that she hadn't been able to reach him, but she didn't want to start out nagging at him.

Her name has become proverbial in the sense of a nagging, quarrelsome woman.

She sipped her coffee reflectively and finally found the courage ask him a question that had been nagging her since his offer.

All he needed was a nice brick wall to halt the nagging speculation Byrne might have skipped—like a body or something equally definitive.

The nagging question of Fitzgerald continued to block out the other important matters Dean should have been concentrating on.

Thankful for the change of subject, Cynthia launched into a description of her latest conquests with the cat, again tucking that nagging doubt to the back of her mind.

He pushed aside the nagging instincts he'd been ignoring since seeing her earlier.

Each time Dean put the Byrne disappearance to rest in his mind, another nagging item popped up to renew his attention.