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Definitions for Nagging

[1] continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.
[2] persistently recurring; unrelenting: a nagging backache.
[3] to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
[4] to keep in a state of troubled awareness or anxiety, as a recurrent pain or problem: She had certain misgivings that nagged her.
[5] to find fault or complain in an irritating, wearisome, or relentless manner (often followed by at ): If they start nagging at each other, I'm going home.
[6] to cause pain, discomfort, distress, depression, etc. (often followed by at ): This headache has been nagging at me all day.
[7] Also nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
[8] an act or instance of nagging.
[9] to scold or annoy constantly
[10] (when intr, often foll by at ) to be a constant source of discomfort or worry (to) toothache nagged him all day
[11] a person, esp a woman, who nags
[12] often derogatory a horse
[13] a small riding horse

Words related to Nagging

troublesome, grievous, excruciating, terrible, inflamed, severe, aching, agonizing, throbbing, distressing, burning, piercing, tormenting, tender, biting, trying, harrowing, smarting, irritated, hurting

Words nearby Nagging

nagano, nagari, nagarjuna, nagasaki, nagger, nagging, naggish, naggy, nagor, nagorno-karabakh, nagorno-karabakh autonomous region

Origin of Nagging

11815–25; < Old Norse nagga to rub, grumble, quarrel; akin to Middle Low German naggen to irritate. See gnaw

Other words from Nagging

nag·ging·ness , noun
un·nag·ging , adjective
un·nag·ging·ly , adverb
un·nagged , adjective

Word origin for Nagging

C14: of Germanic origin; related to neigh

Synonyms for Nagging

aching, agonizing, excruciating, grievous, inflamed, severe, terrible, throbbing, troublesome, biting, burning, distressing, harrowing, hurting, irritated, piercing, saddening, smarting, stinging, tender, tormenting, trying, achy, afflictive, arduous, awful, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, dreadful, extreme, extremely bad, hard, hurtful, laborious, raw, sensitive, sharp, sore, tedious, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious