Nagging

Synonyms for "nagging" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

adverse criticismanimadversion aspersionbad noticesbad pressblandishment buttonholing cajolement cajolery cajoling captious captiousness carping catty cavil caviling censoriousness chronic coaxing

Noun(10 words)

badger badgering beleaguering bellyaching bickering bitching bother cankering chivy concern

Verb(1 words)

besetting

Strong matches (44)

Noun(16 words)

constant urgingcontinuous issuedoubt gnawing grousing harass harping hassle hassling henpecking importuning insistent irksome irritating jawinglingering worry

continual continuous critical criticism cynical demanding distressing dunning exception faultfinding flak fretful gripe hairsplitting haunting hithome thrusthostile criticismhypercritical hypercriticalness

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hypercriticism importunate importunateness importunity imputation indelible insistent knock

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Noun(20 words)

nagging suspicionnagware needling ongoing peeving persistentpersistent criticismpersistent doubtpersistent problempester press prod push recurringrecurring obstaclerepeated admonitionunresolved urge whining worry

naggy niggle niggling nitnit pickingnit-picking obloquy obsessive overcritical overcriticalness peevish persistent pestering pettifogging pettish petulant plaguing plying pressing pressure

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Verb(1 words)

niggled

Adjective(3 words)

pesky shrewish whiny

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

14 entries

adjective annoybehavioral patternconcern criticismsdescriptive adjectivedifficulty doubtinterpersonal behaviorobstacle problemqualitative adjectiveuncertainty urge

More specific

25 entries

badgerconstant critiquedata collection bottleneckdoubt about validityequipment failureharassinadequate samplinginsistinsistent instructionnagging concernnagging coughnagging doubtnagging headachenagging hesitationnagging painnagging question

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Collocations

11 entries

nagging complaintnagging coughnagging doubtnagging feelingnagging headachenagging issuenagging painnagging problemnagging remindernagging suspicionpersistent nagging

Inflections

4 entries

more naggingmost naggingnagged nags

Derivations

3 entries

nag nagger naggingly

similar

1 entries

ill-natured

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Mike is always nagging his father to buy him a car.

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My wife's constant nagging is getting me down.

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My wife's constant nagging really gets on my nerves.

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His nagging distressed her.

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