nagged

Verb

nag (third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged)

1. (ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
   • The room is never cleaned, so her mother nags and nags until she explodes with frustration and threatens to sell her to the lowest bidder.2006, Jerry Day, How to Raise Kids You Want to Keep, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   ride, sit on

2. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
   • The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.

   Synonyms:

   haunt

3. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
   • But at night, around the uncertain edge of dreams, and when the wind nags, there are few whom an odd sound will not thrill1999, Tim Parks, Adultery and Other Diversions, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   worry

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