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To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

To bother with persistent thoughts or memories

To complain or grumble about something

To put pressure on

To criticize or find fault with

To demand earnestly or pressingly

To wail in grief for a deceased person

To repeatedly mention a subject

A person who nags someone to do something, typically continuously or repeatedly

A type of horse, typically small in size or providing limited utility

A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance

A constant critic or faultfinder

Someone or something that inspires boredom

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems

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Verb

To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

be on your back

give a hard time

find fault with

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

keep complaining to

get on someone's back

bust someone's balls

get in your hair

drive up the wall

get on your nerves

drive round the bend

breath down someone's neck

give the business

give someone grief

drive round the twist

put pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

be in someone's hair

search high heaven

be on one's case

get on one's nerves

drive you up the wall

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“During our dating days, Rumki would constantly nag me for not mustering up the courage to meet her illustrious father.”

Verb

To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

kick up a stink

speak out against

be on at someone

find fault with

take exception to

raise objections

express disapproval

put the boot in

kick up a stink about

kick up a fuss about

lodge a complaint

make a complaint

inveigh against

protest against

make a fuss about

express concern

make a big thing out of

make a big thing of

make a mountain out of a molehill

talk under your breath

make a thing of

make a song and dance

scream bloody murder

kick up a rumpus

sound off about

bellyache about

complain vehemently about

fulminate against

raise objections to

complain vociferously about

object strongly to

oppose strongly

lodge a protest against

take issue with

take a stand against

express disapproval of

express disagreement with

express disagreement

express regret about

lodge a protest

express opposition

make an objection

make a protest to

be hypercritical

wring one's hands over

express objections

express objections to

remonstrate against

be in opposition

be in opposition to

have a problem with

draw the line at

voice disapproval

raise objection

take up the cudgels

be displeased by

burst into tears

shed tears over

express sorrow about

eat your heart out

expostulate about

make a protest against

protest strongly at

declaim against

disagree violently with

put up a fight against

make a stand against

complain bitterly about

criticize severely

thunder against

remonstrate about

take great exception to

cry over spilt milk^UK

cry over spilled milk^US

file a complaint

beat one's breast about

beat one's breast

shoot off one's mouth

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“I'm not really one to nag about the weather, but I'm just not satisfied with one sunny day.”

Verb

To bother with persistent thoughts or memories

weigh heavily on

cause anxiety to

prey on your mind

kick up a stink

drive up the wall

give a hard time

give someone grief

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

get in your hair

give someone the hump

make someone see red

get your back up

get under your skin

be on your back

drive round the bend

get on your wick

drive round the twist

make your blood boil

get on one's nerves

give a bad time

make somebody's hackles rise

put your back up

give someone the pip

cause suffering to

be on the back of

try your patience

ruffle one's feathers

get up someone's nose

be a nuisance to

breathe down someone's neck

drive to distraction

bend someone's ear

get your dander up

hit where one lives

rub the wrong way

take control of

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

weigh heavily on someone's mind

put someone's nose out of joint

raise your hackles

cause disquiet to

be the victim of

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get your hackles up

rattle someone's cage

get across someone

work into lather

send into a rage

take a rise out of

get a rise out of

rub you up the wrong way

take the mickey

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

take the piss out of

cause concern to

make uncomfortable

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

cause discomfort to

be a weight on someone's mind

cause trouble to

be a great weight on

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

rattle one's cage

put the squeeze on

jump on one's case

give the business

arouse anxiety in

throw off balance

be on one's case

make it tough for

cause anguish to

give the needle

be on at someone

find fault with

discriminate against

punish repeatedly and unfairly

get on someone's case

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“My gut continued to nag me constantly that something wasn't right here.”

Verb

To complain or grumble about something

kick up a storm

Verb

To put pressure on

put pressure on

use pressure on

put the screws on

put the squeeze on

twist someone's arm

turn on the heat

breathe down someone's neck

bring pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

twist one's arm

use strong-arm tactics on

ride roughshod over

put through the wringer

put the chill on

hold a gun to one's head

force one's hand

put the heat on

trample underfoot

rule with an iron hand

tighten the screws on

bring someone to their knees

rule with a rod of iron

throw your weight around

have someone do something

keep under thumb

put the frighteners on

rule despotically

turn the screws on

tell someone what to do

have someone under your thumb

throw one's weight about

lay down the law

make things hot for someone

act the tin god

make it hot for someone

blind someone with something

have under one's thumb

take your breath away

make an offer they can't refuse

issue threats to

put the screws to

bring force to bear on

hold a gun to someone's head

play the heavy with

tighten the screw on

turn the screw on

scare hell out of

utter threats to

pull the strings

steamroller into

scare the bejesus out of

exert influence on

put the wind up

put the bite on

bring pressure to bear upon

gain mastery over

gain ascendancy over

render helpless

gain control of

weigh heavy upon

render incapable

render powerless

throw off balance

put off one's stroke

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

impose one's will on

work someone's butt off

work someone's tail off

push the buttons

lead by the nose

be in the driver's seat

be in the saddle

bend to your will

strike terror into

make one's blood run cold

chill to the bone

make teeth chatter

make one's hair stand on end

scare the daylights out of

curdle the blood

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Verb

To criticize or find fault with

remonstrate with

find fault with

give someone a bollocking

let someone have it

give a talking-to

haul over the coals

lay down the law

read the riot act

give someone a caning

rake over the coals

give someone a row

give someone a wigging

give someone some stick

take to the woodshed

give someone a mouthful

rap over the knuckles

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling-off

give someone hell

tear off a strip

give someone a rating

give someone what for

send someone away with a flea in their ear

have someone on the carpet

slap someone's wrist

give the business

bite someone's head off

jump down someone's throat

lose one's temper with

slap on the wrist

call to account

call on the carpet

give going-over

give piece of mind

give a going over

tell a thing or two

strongly criticize

come down hard on

rap on knuckles

throw the book at

give a piece of one's mind

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

inveigh against

vituperate against

cut to the quick

cast aspersions on

give a black eye

do a hatchet job on

fulminate against

drag through the mud

throw brickbats at

tear a strip off

give someone a bad press

jump down one's throat

give a bad press to

blacken the name of

criticize severely

go for the jugular

give a bad name

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

bring into disrepute

hurl insults at

give comeuppance

give some stick to

blacken the reputation of

take a swipe at

give something a battering

blacken the character of

conduct a smear campaign against

cut down to size

express disapproval of

assault verbally

jump on one's case

snap someone's head off

call over the coals

give a tongue-lashing

knock off high horse

give something a bad press

give someone bondi

criticize unfairly

point the finger

speak of with disfavour

be unkind about

be malicious about

keep nothing back

erupt with anger

burn someone's ears

shoot full of holes

pin your ears back

put someone on the griddle

put someone on the hot seat

pass strictures upon

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

give offence to

cause offence to

treat disrespectfully

hurt somebody's feelings

step on one's toes

put your back up

hit where one lives

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

give the cold shoulder

attack somebody's dignity

expostulate about

protest strongly at

make a fuss about

make a stand against

kick up a fuss about

take issue with

thunder against

raise objections to

make a protest against

declaim against

complain vociferously about

disagree violently with

oppose strongly

put up a fight against

kick up a stink about

complain bitterly about

take a stand against

speak out against

remonstrate about

take great exception to

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Verb

To demand earnestly or pressingly

try to persuade

put the heat on

put the screws on

put pressure on

use pressure on

ask authoritatively

go on bended knee

twist someone's arm

give the command to

give the order to

act as a stimulus to

light a fire under

look on with favor

receive favorably

go on record for

put in a good word

give incentive to

give the nod to

take a shine to

be on one's side

take a liking to

beat the drum for

put a bomb under

act as an incentive to

agitate against

fire the enthusiasm of

get someone going

fire the imagination of

cause to become

bring into being

call into being

run interference for

hold a brief for

campaign on behalf of

get on bandwagon

have someone do something

use strong-arm tactics on

press your case

seek to influence

exert influence

bring pressure to bear on

try to influence

give the incentive to

act as a incentive to

make a pitch for

bring pressure to bear

offer a suggestion

look with favour on

speak highly of

think highly of

speak favourably of

big something up

look on with favour

be in favour of

speak favorably of

speak in favor of

offer recommendation

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Verb

To wail in grief for a deceased person

howl your eyes out

turn on the waterworks

shed bitter tears

dissolve in tears

turn on waterworks

burst into tears

put on the weeps

cry your eyes out

cry as if one's heart would break

cry one's heart out

call at the top of one's voice

raise your voice

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Verb

To repeatedly mention a subject

Noun

A person who nags someone to do something, typically continuously or repeatedly

aggressive woman

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“He divorced her after claiming that she had become an unbearable nag, but it is more likely that it was her nephew Sextus that he could no longer bear.”

Noun

A type of horse, typically small in size or providing limited utility

tired-out horse

draught horse^UK

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“We've yet to tame the nag. Many of the caretakers think it best to have him slaughtered before he escapes and hurts someone.”

Noun

A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

source of annoyance

source of irritation

thorn in the flesh

thorn in one's side

source of aggravation

bane of one's life

pain in the behind

thorn in your side

source of vexation

burr under someone's saddle

burr in someone's saddle

troublesomeness

incommodiousness

source of difficulty

source of trouble

trials and tribulations

cause of annoyance

inopportuneness

cause for concern

chip on your shoulder

cause of distress

source of disruption

a thorn in someone's side

tiresome person

boring situation

fatal attraction

negative aspect

stumbling block

stroke of bad luck

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Noun

A constant critic or faultfinder

Noun

Someone or something that inspires boredom

mind-numbing experience

tiresome person

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

source of irritation

source of annoyance

thorn in the flesh

source of vexation

bane of one's life

burr under someone's saddle

source of aggravation

burr in someone's saddle

poor performance

inopportuneness

source of difficulty

thorn in your side

cause of annoyance

thorn in one's side

source of disruption

pain in the behind

boring situation

troublesomeness

trials and tribulations

apprehensiveness

source of trouble

uphill struggle

tough assignment

cause for concern

chip on your shoulder

uncomfortableness

cause of distress

incommodiousness

a thorn in someone's side

butterflies in the stomach

hard row to hoe

hard mountain to climb

matter of contention

point of contention

fatal attraction

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

fly in the ointment

concerning matter

stumbling block

difficult situation

stroke of bad luck

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Noun

Nag

Noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems

apprehensiveness

butterflies in the stomach

dissatisfaction

disconsolateness

downheartedness

screaming abdabs

heaviness of heart

discontentedness

nervous tension

screaming habdabs

mental suffering

broken-heartedness

heavy-heartedness

discombobulation

sense of foreboding

screaming meemies

pins and needles

emotional suffering

heavyheartedness

mid-life crisis

nervous excitement

mistrustfulness

disillusionment

unconsolability

emotional strain

fear and trembling

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

clinical depression

one's black dog

postnatal depression

endogenous depression

slough of despond

reactive depression

loss of confidence

lack of confidence

lack of enthusiasm

living day to day

heartbrokenness

fit of ill temper

fit of bad temper

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