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Definition of Nagging
1. Adjective. Continually complaining or faultfinding. "Nagging parents"
Definition of Nagging
1. a. Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.
Definition of Nagging
1. Verb. (present participle of nag) ¹
2. Noun. The action of the verb ''nag''. ¹
3. Adjective. causing persistent mild pain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nagging
1. nag [v] - See also: nag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nagging
Literary usage of Nagging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty-five Years in the Divorce Court by Henry Edwin Fenn (1911)
"In numerous divorce cases husbands complain of " nagging" on the part of their
wives, the "nagging" stated to be in more than one suit tried in the Divorce ..."
2. Conduct as a Fine Art: The Laws of Daily Conduct by Nicholas Paine Gilman, Edward Payson Jackson (1891)
"I promised to speak of nagging. The glances of resentment and strong ... The boys
are all the time nagging me," he says. Perhaps you think, boys, ..."
3. Reflections of a Bass-drum Player on Everything Worth Thinking about by Rafael Navarro (1904)
"nagging nagging women are just exactly like bragging men. ... Bragging makes men
perfectly absurd, while nagging makes nothing but wrinkles of the faces of ..."
4. American Primary Teacher. (1897)
"Capacity embraces the knowledge and natural ability; overestimate neither if you
wish to succeed. selfishness. nagging is admonition soured. ..."
5. How to Deal with Human Nature in Business: A Practical Book on Doing by Sherwin Cody (1915)
"nagging Letters and How to Handle Them A customer who is always complaining and
nagging writes as follows: I return your invoice for $165 for a page ..."
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