nagging in English

adjective
1
(of a person) constantly harassing someone to do something.
their overprotective and nagging parents
2
persistently painful or worrying.
a nagging pain
verb
1
annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging.
she constantly nags her daughter about getting married
synonyms:shrewishcomplaininggrumblingfault-findingscoldingcarpingcriticizingharassbadgergive someone a hard timehoundharrycriticizecarpfind fault withkeep on atgrumble atgo on athenpeckhassleget on someone's caseride

Use "nagging" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "nagging" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "nagging", or refer to the context using the word "nagging" in the English Dictionary.

1. Your nagging.

2. The nagging shrew.

3. Director Park's nagging me.

4. I'm sick of her perpetual nagging.

5. I wish you'd stop nagging!

6. I have a nagging wife.

7. Her constant nagging drove him away.

8. 5 For crying out loud, stop nagging!

9. I can't stomach your constant nagging.

10. For crying out loud, stop nagging!

11. I got sick of her constant nagging.

12. And in this moment, the nagging devil disappears.

13. But there is no nagging sense of anachronism.

14. Ceaseless crying and nagging leads to irrational fears.

15. Lee had a nagging pain in her back.

16. I'm always nagging him about his diet.

17. I can't seem to shake off this nagging cold.

18. Something was nagging in the back of his mind.

19. The problem had been nagging me for weeks.

20. 'Will you leave off nagging?' he snarled.

21. She keeps nagging me about my weight.

22. Praise and rewards work better than nagging and lecturing.

23. Nadia's been nagging me to fix the lamp.

24. I've got a nagging pain in my lower back.

25. She had stopped nagging him about never being home.

26. Her endless nagging drove him away from home.

27. He is tired of his wife's constant nagging.

28. She felt a nagging anxiety that could not be relieved.

29. Her constant nagging is beginning to get to him.

30. She had been nagging him to paint the fence.

31. But after some nagging, I got him to do that.

32. Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can.

33. Nagging, begging, coercion, and ridicule seldom meet with success.

34. She kept feeling the nagging ache in her heart.

35. Nagging unease began to seep into Delaney's weary bones.

36. An impulsive reply might be, “Why are you nagging me?”

37. If that’s the case, saying “Why are you nagging me?”

38. There was still a nagging doubt in the back of her mind.

39. I had a nagging feeling that I had forgotten something.

40. The same thought has been nagging away at me since last week.

41. 8 synonyms for Achy: aching, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore, aching

42. My family's been nagging me for years to write down my recipes.

43. A nagging wife is going to cause additional tension and aggravation.

44. Her husband became aggravated by her constant nagging and whiny voice.

45. 14 There was still a nagging doubt in the back of her mind.

46. 9 synonyms for Afflictive: aching, achy, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore, painful, sore

47. 11 The nagging suspicion of sleight of hand merely adds to her mystique.

48. 25 The nagging suspicion of sleight of hand merely adds to her mystique.

49. Many parents think that the cultivation of manners in children requires constant nagging.

50. ‘Who will be next out on the street?’ is the nagging question.