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# nagging

«nagging» in Mova's school dictionary: **telling someone again and again to do something, in an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (nagging); noun (nagging, uncountable); verb form (-ing of nag: nag, nags, nagged, nagging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nagging is telling someone again and again to do something, in an annoying way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#m1)

2) A nagging pain or feeling goes on and on and will not go away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#m2)

3) A nagging doubt or worry is a small worry that keeps coming back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In family stories, a child might complain about nagging to tidy up; in health, a nagging pain or cough should be checked by a doctor. Phrases: "stop nagging", "a nagging doubt", "a nagging headache".

### examples

- Mum keeps nagging me to tidy my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#x1)
- Stop nagging! I'll do it later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#x2)
- I had a nagging headache all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#x3)
- A nagging cough should be checked by a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#x4)
- I had a nagging feeling I'd forgotten something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#x5)
- His nagging made everyone cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/#x6)

### note

Double g: nag, nagged, nagging. A "nag" can also be an old horse. Nagging is usually seen as annoying, but often the person nagging is right.

### In the corpora

- [A calm, polite request with good reasons is more likely to be listened to than nagging or sneaking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/35/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nagging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.