Mike is always nagging his father to buy him a car.
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Nagging
Synonyms for "nagging" (98 found)
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Synonyms
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1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 7 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- knaende adj (causing persistent mild pain)
Bulgarian
3 entries- заядлив adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- придирчив adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- заяждане noun (the action of continually chipping away at somebody's perceived faults)
Finnish
1 entries- nalkutus noun (the action of continually chipping away at somebody's perceived faults)
French
1 entries- persistant adj (causing persistent mild pain)
German
4 entries- bohrend adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- dumpf adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- keifend adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- lästig adj (causing persistent mild pain)
Māori
1 entries- kāungaunga noun (the action of continually chipping away at somebody's perceived faults)
Spanish
4 entries- chinchoso adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- fastidioso adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- molesto adj (causing persistent mild pain)
- molestoso adj (causing persistent mild pain)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
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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