1.
[syn: shrewish, nagging]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nagging \Nag"ging\ (n[a^]g"g[i^]ng), a.
Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging
toothache. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nag \Nag\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Nagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nagging.] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to
gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.]
To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to
fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] "She never nagged." --J.
Ingelow.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nagging
adj 1: continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish
wife"; "nagging parents" [syn: shrewish, nagging]