Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nagging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nagging \Nag"ging\, a.
Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging
toothache. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nagging
adj : continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife";
"nagging parents" [syn: {shrewish}]
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