nagging

«nagging» in Mova's school dictionary: telling someone again and again to do something, in an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (nagging); noun (nagging, uncountable); verb form (-ing of nag: nag, nags, nagged, nagging)

meaning for a pupil

1) Nagging is telling someone again and again to do something, in an annoying way. tree →

2) A nagging pain or feeling goes on and on and will not go away. tree →

3) A nagging doubt or worry is a small worry that keeps coming back. tree →

sense in the lessons

In family stories, a child might complain about nagging to tidy up; in health, a nagging pain or cough should be checked by a doctor. Phrases: "stop nagging", "a nagging doubt", "a nagging headache".

examples

• Mum keeps nagging me to tidy my room. tree →
• Stop nagging! I'll do it later. tree →
• I had a nagging headache all day. tree →
• A nagging cough should be checked by a doctor. tree →
• I had a nagging feeling I'd forgotten something. tree →
• His nagging made everyone cross. tree →

note

Double g: nag, nagged, nagging. A "nag" can also be an old horse. Nagging is usually seen as annoying, but often the person nagging is right.

In the corpora

• A calm, polite request with good reasons is more likely to be listened to than nagging or sneaking.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nagging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.