Need another word that means the same as “nagging”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “nagging” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Nagging” are: shrewish, complaining, grumbling, carping, persistent, continuous, lingering, niggling, troublesome, unrelenting, unremitting, unabating
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nagging” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| carping | Continually complaining or finding fault about trivial matters; difficult to please. She has silenced the carping critics with a successful debut tour. |
| complaining | Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment. A complaining boss. |
| continuous | Of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity. A continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light. |
| grumbling | Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound. The convoy was not moving the grumbling engines idling anxiously in the fog. |
| lingering | Lasting for a long time or slow to end. There are still some lingering doubts in my mind. |
| niggling | (informal) small and of little importance. A dispute over niggling details. |
| persistent | Stubbornly unyielding. Persistent leaves remain attached past maturity. |
| shrewish | Continually complaining or faultfinding. A shrewish wife. |
| troublesome | Difficult to deal with. A troublesome infection. |
| unabating | Not weakening or losing intensity. Unabating enthusiasm. |
| unrelenting | Not giving way to kindness or compassion. Unrelenting opponents. |
| unremitting | Never relaxing or slackening; incessant. Unremitting drizzle. |
| abusive | Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment. The abusive and predatory practices of businesses. |
| agitate | Cause to be agitated excited or roused. The thought of questioning Toby agitated him extremely. |
| anger | Fill someone with anger provoke anger in. I was seething with anger and frustration. |
| annoy | Cause annoyance in disturb especially by minor irritations. The decision really annoyed him. |
| beleaguer | Annoy persistently. Our leaders decided to beleaguer the city. |
| distress | Bring into difficulties or distress especially financial hardship. A ship in distress. |
| disturb | Damage as if by shaking or jarring. Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much. |
| fetter | Restrain with fetters. He was not fettered by tradition. |
| fret | Provide a musical instrument with frets. She fretted about the cost of groceries. |
| gadfly | A persistently annoying person. Always a gadfly he attacked intellectual orthodoxies. |
| hack | An act of computer hacking. He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him. |
| hamper | A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner. A picnic hamper. |
| harass | Make repeated small-scale attacks on (an enemy. The squadron s task was to harass the retreating enemy forces. |
| hinder | Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. Language barriers hindered communication between scientists. |
| impede | Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder. The sap causes swelling which can impede breathing. |
| importunate | Expressing persistant and earnest entreaty. An importunate job applicant. |
| insult | A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. The present offer is an absolute insult. |
| irk | Irritate or vex. It irks her to think of the runaround she received. |
| irritate | Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus. Aspirin irritates my stomach. |
| jitter | Of a signal or device suffer from jitter. The episode is only available as a jittering videotape version. |
| offend | Break a commonly accepted rule or principle. The smell of ash offended him. |
| oppress | Cause to suffer. He was oppressed by some secret worry. |
| peeve | An annoyed or irritated mood. Another peeve of mine is these so called reality shows. |
| pest | A serious sometimes fatal infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. Many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides. |
| rile | Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. He d been drinking sweet clear water from a well and now that water had been muddied and riled. |
| scold | (of a bird) call loudly and persistently. He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong. |
| scolding | An angry rebuke or reprimand. She d get a scolding from Victoria. |
| sting | A wound from a sting. The police conducted a sting operation. |
| stonewall | Engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate. I have repeatedly given him the opportunity to clear this matter up but the estate has met with stonewall after stonewall. |
| worsen | Make or become worse. Arguing actually worsens the problem. |
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