1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nag.

2. (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.

adverse criticism animadversion aspersion bad notices bad press blandishment buttonholing cajolement cajolery cajoling captious captiousness carping catty cavil caviling censoriousness chronic coaxing continual continuous critical criticism cynical demanding distressing dunning exception faultfinding flak fretful hairsplitting haunting hit home thrust hostile criticism hypercritical hypercriticalness hypercriticism importunate importunateness importunity imputation indelible insistent knock naggy niggle niggling nit nit-picking obloquy obsessive overcritical overcriticalness peevish persistent pestering pettifogging pettish petulant plaguing plying pressing pressure priggishness querulous quibble quibbling rap recurrent recurring reflection relentless reproachfulness resentful shrewish slam stricture swipe taking exception teasing trichoschistic trichoschistism ultracritical unforgettable unrelenting urgency urgent urging vixenish vixenly wheedling