Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inclined to nag or pester with continued complaints or petty faultfinding.
- Irritable.
- noun A little nag.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Irritable; touchy.
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- adjective Prone to
nag ,irritable
Etymologies
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Examples
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Question is, how does one do that with their husband without being overly naggy or overbearing?
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And being willing to take it, even when there's a naggy voice in the back of my head saying butbutbutbutbutbut you have a book due April 15.
Ask, and you shall receive jimvanpelt 2008
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I can picture her naggy personality bringing that up in a debate.
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For the sake of being naggy; we need incentives to save, not spend.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2009
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Unfortunately she adopted that shrill, naggy tone that she lapses into when she forgets people are listening and really goes after someone.
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While you should be enjoying the warm glow of the honeymoon period, you're already starting to have naggy little doubts.
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While you should be enjoying the warm glow of the honeymoon period, you're already starting to have naggy little doubts.
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And the endless flood of studies detailing the horrors of obesity provide plenty of ammo for the naggy types who want heavy users to change their ways.
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You know the ones -- the naggy notes, the worried pleas, the guilt-grams, the ALL CAPS missives, the technologically panicked cries for help and the e-mails from moms who compulsively forward dire health warnings to their kids.
‘Oh, Mom!’ 2008
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While you should be enjoying the warm glow of the honeymoon period, you're already starting to have naggy little doubts.
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