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English Dictionary: nagging by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nagging
adj
  1. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"
    Synonym(s): shrewish, nagging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nag \Nag\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Nagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nagging}.] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to
      gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.]
      To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to
      fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] [bd]She never nagged.[b8] --J.
      Ingelow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nagging \Nag"ging\, a.
      Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging
      toothache. [Colloq.]
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