Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Nagging"

A: It means that someone keeps getting on at you, like having a go and keeps asking you to do something.

A: Nagging means to pester or annoy someone to do something, for example, your mother may constantly nag you to clean your room, meaning your mother constantly asks you to clean your room and it is annoying

A: bothering (molestando)

A: "Nag" means "Annoying"

"A small nagging task" is a task that is small an not really important so its "Annoying".

When your wife nags you about something. She's annoying you. lol

A: Nagging can be used two ways, as a verb or an adjective.

Verb: reminding or asking someone to do something often/in an annoying way.

“My mom keeps nagging me to clean my room.” Or “My dad won’t stop nagging me about finding a new job.”

Adjective: recurring or unrelenting. Usually used to describe a feeling (physical or emotional)

“I had a nagging feeling that something was wrong.”
“I’ve had this nagging headache all month that won’t go away.”

A: My mother is always nagging me about getting my homework done.
My boss is nagging me about a project that I haven't finished yet.
Will you stop nagging me?
Nagging isn't a very commonly used word, at least not around where I'm from. This was a fun question to answer!

A: nagging example
She nags her husband all day long.

A: Example Sentence:
My younger sister was nagging me to buy ice-cream.
Daily Expressions:
(1) Stop nagging me, you're being annoying.
(2) My mom was nagging me to wash the dishes.
(3) She felt a nagging anxiety that could not be relieved.

A: Stop nagging me!

I hate people nagging me all the time.

She is constantly nagging him to do the dishes.

He's been nagging at them about the dirty dishes again.

My mom has been nagging me to clean my room.

A: i don’t typically hear “nagging at me” and cannot think of a case when I would use it.

Stop nagging me. You’ve already told me to clean my room 5 times today.

Stop nagging me about doing the dishes. I’m watching a football game right now.


My wife keeps nagging me to spend more time with the kids and to not spend so much time at work.

A: Nagging is usually what a husband says his wife is doing. It's criticizing about something over and over again. So it's criticizing, but constant/repeated.

Fault finding would be the same as criticizing.

Complaining is more like criticizing the situation rather than a person. You'll complain about your circumstances (but it doesn't have to be a person's fault).

Grumbling sounds like complaining, to me. I don't use that one often, if ever.

A: Nagging= persistent in an annoying manner.

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A: @Pi_Chan I would probably say "a* persistent/nagging fear" one or the other, not both, it's still ok though. And also, while still technically correct "from my* shitty apartment" sounds a bit better. Pretty good, from what I know it's all grammatically correct, just some small adjustments to make it sound more natural

A: × Father’s nagging always irritates me.
✓ My father’s nagging always annoys me.

You can also say, my father’s nagging is always annoying.

Hope it helps 🤗

A: Totally natural. Very native way to describe someone who keeps asking you to do things.