to nag
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2.6
- verb
- /næɡ/
- Informal
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- My mom tends to nag me about my messy room every weekend.
- nag constantly
- get nagged
- a wife nags
Though maybe that there will come point for that if I continue to get nagged about doing solo episodes.
- Though maybe that there will come point for that if I continue to get nagged about doing solo episodes.
- Actually, if you're married, your wife would not nag too.
- And he, he sees that he sees a woman following her son, just nagging him, just nagging him still.
- You know, he says that I nag him all the time and that I'm always on this case.
- So I found that that's actually really helped me to not nag them.
- You know, he says that I nag him all the time and that I'm just always on this case.
- And then you know, there's wailing from your kids and your spouse is nagging you about fixing the dripping faucet.
- So that's why I nag and cajole and threaten to pinch people's heads off when they don't do what I asked them to do.
- Start by repairing this, start by helping me who is nagging you understand.
- Since picture thinking interprets and expresses, I was nagging, right?
Examples
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I'm darn sick of being nagged.
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Whenever I was sad, she nagged me to cheer up.
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You know, he says that I nag him all the time and that I'm always on this case.
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You know, he says that I nag him all the time and that I'm just always on this case.
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You were always just like nagging me to do things.
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Well, she should have thought of that before she nagged me to death.
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Tony feels she nags him and will always be on his back.
Academic text (2014) -
Imagine having a friend who nags at you all the time, following you everywhere you go.
Blog text (19) -
And then I got nagged into going for a medical checkup.
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She nags me from morning till night.
Synonyms
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4.0
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
246
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
211
2.8
To complain in a high, annoying voice
85
3.7
To annoy someone by bothering them repeatedly
62
7.5
To annoy someone by criticizing them again and again
41
3.7
To complain quietly in a low voice
39
4.7
To annoy someone by asking them the same thing many times
38
5.6
To complain repeatedly about small things
34
3.2
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
30
6.6
To keep complaining about something in a way that annoys people
23
6.7
Talk again and again about the same thing and annoy people
14
6.9
To urge someone to act by annoying or teasing them
8
9.6
To complain a lot in an annoying way
8
7.7
To annoy someone by teasing them repeatedly
6
6.5
To keep saying the same complaint again and again until people get annoyed
6
4.1
To complain quietly about something you do not like
5
8.1
To complain in an annoying way about small things
4
9.9
To complain often about small things
3
7.6
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
3
8.0
To annoy someone with small, repeated complaints
1
6.8
To complain a lot in an annoying way
1
9.7
To annoy someone and make them feel irritated
1
9.0
To tease or nag someone, often in a playful way
To keep asking or complaining to make someone do something
A person who annoys another person by asking again and again
To annoy someone by asking or reminding them again and again
To tease or nag someone in a way that annoys them
To complain or show annoyance online
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A collection of thirteen ancient books found in Egypt in 1945 that contain early Christian and Gnostic writings
A group of 13 old books found near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945 containing early Christian and Gnostic writings
How Annoying
36
7.2
39
4.7
- Informal
8
2.6
55
2.2
∞
1.0
41
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb nag (to keep criticizing) follows the same picture: words that 'bite' at someone until they feel annoyed, so to nag is to repeat complaints or orders in an annoying way.