nagging
adjective
[ ˈnaɡɪŋ ]
• (of a person) constantly harassing someone to do something.
• "I wanted to get away from my nagging parents"
• persistently painful or worrying.
• "a nagging pain"
Similar:
persistent,
continuous,
lingering,
niggling,
troublesome,
unrelenting,
unremitting,
unabating,
aching,
painful,
distressing,
worrying,
nag
verb
• harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.
• "she constantly nags her daughter about getting married"
Similar:
harass,
keep on at,
go on at,
harp on at,
badger,
keep after,
give someone a hard time,
get on someone's back,
persecute,
chivvy,
hound,
harry,
bully,
pick on,
criticize,
find fault with,
keep complaining to,
moan (on) at,
grumble at,
henpeck,
carp at,
scold,
upbraid,
berate,
hassle,
ride,
heavy,
Origin:
early 19th century (originally dialect in the sense ‘gnaw’): perhaps of Scandinavian or Low German origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish nagga ‘gnaw, irritate’ and Low German ( g)naggen ‘provoke’.
