nagging

comparative more nagging · superlative most nagging

1. Persistently annoying or painful.

   nagging pain

   3 more examples

   nagging doubt

   nagging woman

   Eventually he had learned to live with it, but he always had a nagging suspicion that he had not been good enough for his mother.

   2003, Christopher Paolini, “Dragon Tales”, in Eragon, page 20

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of nag

plural naggings

1. The action of the verb nag.

   After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings, and interruptions of the children[…]

   1998, Norah Lillian Lewis, Dear editor and friends, page 127

comparative more nagging · superlative most nagging

1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

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   Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.

   2012 January 28, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86