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badgering

badgering adjective: annoying; upsetting. Also the present participle and gerund of badger.

Adjective

badgering (comparative more badgering, superlative most badgering)

  1. annoying; upsetting

Noun

badgering (plural badgerings)

  1. The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
    • Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.1844, The Quarterly Review, volume 74, page 104

Also used as

badgering is also the present participle and gerund of badger.

Forms of badgering

Adjective
comparativemore badgering
superlativemost badgering
Noun
pluralbadgerings

Words formed from badgering

Questions about badgering

What does badgering mean?
Badgering means annoying; upsetting.
What part of speech is badgering?
Badgering can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near badgering in the dictionary

  1. badgerbrush
  2. badgered
  3. badgerer
  4. badgerers
  5. badgerhood
  6. badgering
  7. badgeringly
  8. badgerings
  9. badgerlike
  10. badgerly
  11. badgers

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