"nagging" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-us-nagging.ogg [General-American] Forms: more nagging [comparative], most nagging [superlative]
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  1. Persistently annoying or painful. Derived forms: naggingly, naggingness, unnagging
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Adjective

Audio: En-us-nagging.ogg [General-American] 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. 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), chinchoso (Spanish), fastidioso (Spanish), molestoso (Spanish)
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Noun

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  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 (Māori)
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Verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of nag Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: nag
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