• Nagging

    Verb

    1. Present participle of nag

    Full definition of nagging

    Noun

    nagging

    (plural naggings)
    1. The action of the verb nag.
      • 1998, Norah Lillian Lewis, Dear editor and friends (page 127)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...

    Adjective

    nagging

    1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.
      • 2012-01, Michael Riordan, Tackling Infinity, 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.

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