"nagging" meaning in English

See nagging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more nagging [comparative], most nagging [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} nagging (comparative more nagging, superlative most nagging)
  1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance. Categories (topical): Pain Translations (causing persistent mild pain): knaende (Afrikaans), заядлив (zajadliv) (Bulgarian), придирчив (pridirčiv) (Bulgarian), persistant (French), nagend (German), bohrend (German), quälend (German), lästig (German), nörgelnd (German), quengelnd (German), meckernd (German), keifend (German), dumpf (German), persistente (Spanish), molesto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nagging-en-adj-yzVuG95w Disambiguation of Pain: 60 8 33

Noun

Forms: naggings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nagging (plural naggings)
  1. The action of the verb nag. Translations (the action of continually chipping away at somebody's perceived faults): заяждане (zajaždane) (Bulgarian), nalkutus (Finnish), Nörgelei [feminine] (German), Nörgeln [neuter] (German), Meckern [neuter] (German), Gemecker [neuter] (German), Gezeter [neuter] (German), Keifen [neuter] (German), Gekeife [neuter] (German), Genörgel [neuter] (German), Gemotze [neuter] (German), Quengeln [neuter] (German), Gequengel [neuter] (German), kāungaunga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-nagging-en-noun-SmFpKxfv

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nagging
  1. present participle and gerund of nag Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: nag
    Sense id: en-nagging-en-verb-32b5~xu0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 2 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 3 71

Inflected forms

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