Definition of Badgering

1. Noun. The act of harassing someone.

Exact synonyms: Bedevilment, Torment, Worrying
Generic synonyms: Harassment, Molestation
Derivative terms: Bedevil, Torment, Worry

Definition of Badgering

1. n. The act of one who badgers.

Definition of Badgering

1. Verb. (present participle of badger#Verb badger) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Badgering

1. badger [v] - See also: badger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Badgering

badfics
badge
badge-cove
badge bunnies
badge bunny
badged
badgeless
badgelike
badgemaking
badger dog
badger skunk
badgered
badgerer
badgerers
badgering (current term)
badgerlike
badgerly
badgers
badges
badging
badiaga
badian
badigeon
badigeons
badinage
badinaged
badinages
badinaging
badinerie

Literary usage of Badgering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1879)
"Why, it's what Mrs. Bullion has been badgering me about for the last—I mean my wife would take it as a great honour, Mr. Hillingdon, and I should be very ..."

2. Stained Glass Work: A Text-book for Students and Workers in Glass by Christopher Whall (1905)
"CHAPTER IV Matting—badgering—How to preserve Correctness of Outline—Difficulty of Large Work—Ill-ground Pigment—The Muller—Overground Pigment— Taking out ..."

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