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1. (v.t.) nag
to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
2. nag
to be a constant source of unease or irritation to:
Her doubts nagged her.
3. (v.i.) nag
to find fault or complain, esp. in an irritating and persistent manner.
4. nag
to cause pain, distress, etc.
5. (n.) nag
a person who nags.
6. nag
an act or instance of nagging.
7. (n.) nag
an old or worthless horse.
8. nag
any horse.
Etymology: (1350–1400; late ME nagge; obscurely akin to D neg(ge) small horse)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold
someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
2. (verb) hack, jade, nag, plug
an old or over-worked horse
3. (verb) nag, peck, hen-peck
bother persistently with trivial complaints
"She nags her husband all day long"
4. (verb) nag
worry persistently
"nagging concerns and doubts"
5. (verb) nag
remind or urge constantly
"she nagged to take a vacation"
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1. (verb) nag
to repeatedly remind sb to do sth
I don't mean to nag, but we have to finish this.; He's always nagging me about money.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nag
a small horse; a pony; hence, any horse
2. (noun) nag
a paramour; -- in contempt
3. nag
to tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously
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Sense: (often withat) to complain or criticize continually
She nags (at) her husband about their lack of money.
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 Afrikaans: sanik |
 Arabic: يَتَذَمَّر، يَشْكو باسْتِ |
 Bulgarian: натяквам |
 Brazilian: reclamar |
 Czech: sekýrovat, stěžovat si |
 German: nörgeln |
 Danish: plage |
 Greek: γκρινιάζω, παραπονιέμαι |
 Spanish: regañar, dar la lata a al |
 Estonian: näägutama |
 Farsi: غر زدن |
 Finnish: mäkättää |
 French: harceler |
 Hebrew: לְהַצִיק |
 Hindi: तंग करना |
 Croatian: zanovijetati |
 Hungarian: szekál vkit |
 Indonesian: cerewet |
 Icelandic: nöldra |
 Italian: sgridare |
 Japanese: がみがみいう |
 Korean: 잔소리로 괴롭히다 |
 Lithuanian: graužti, neduoti ramybės |
 Latvian: kurnēt; piesieties |
 Malay: berleter |
 Dutch: zeuren |
 Norwegian: mase, syte, hakke på |
 Polish: zrzędzić |
 Persian: ،قهر شدن غر زدن |
 Pashto: چغهاروهل،په قهاريدل |
 Portuguese: frigir |
 Romanian: a bate la cap |
 Russian: ворчать |
 Slovak: sekírovať |
 Slovenian: sitnariti |
 Serbian: zvocati |
 Swedish: gnata, tjata |
 Thai: ดุด่า |
 Turkish: dırdır etmek, dırlanmak |
 Taiwanese: 揮之不去的，糾纏不止的 |
 Ukrainian: гризти, зводити |
 Urdu: ہر وقت شکايت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: rầy la |
 Chinese: 不断地唠叨 |
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