What is another word for nagging ?

fixed as the laws of the Medes and Persians

Persistently or continuous in nature, especially of something unpleasant

fossilized^US

regularized^US

regularised^UK

fossilised^UK

all day and all night

that will live forever

more … than one can shake a stick at

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“I always have this nagging feeling that someone is out to get me.”

Adjective

Physically painful, sore or uncomfortable

feeling uncomfortable

feeling tender

giving someone trouble

agonized^US

agonised^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

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“Any type of taxing physical activity increases the risk of sustaining a nagging injury and can prolong recovery time.”

Adjective

Causing worry, distress or anxiety

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

unfavorable^US

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“Jim could not shake the nagging thought that something was not quite right.”

Adjective

(of a person) Constantly harassing someone to do something

ill-humored^US

unfavorable^US

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“Broke and reduced to living with his nagging aunt, Jamal gets the bright idea to put on a wig and falsies and join the women's league.”

Adjective

Not easy to please or satisfy

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Adjective

Slight or subtle, but nagging or persistent

Adjective

Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

sombre^UK

somber^US

unfavorable^US

unsavory^US

gray^US

unsavoury^UK

grey^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

meager^US

meagre^UK

colorless^US

colourless^UK

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

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Adjective

Persistent in one's demands, often annoyingly so

Adjective

Very difficult or impossible to forget

Adjective

getting someone's dander up

(of a disease or symptom) Very bad or severe

Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

making somebody's hackles rise

getting on one's nerves

bending someone's ear

preying on your mind

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

driving bananas

causing suffering to

ruffling one's feathers

eating at

making anxious

trying your patience

getting up someone's nose

victimizing^US

rubbing the wrong way

stirring up

getting your dander up

victimising^UK

weighing on

exercising

taking control of

putting someone's nose out of joint

rubbing you up the wrong way

despairing

bumming

casting down

rattling someone's cage

getting your hackles up

bringing pressure to bear on

getting a rise out of

setting on

setting off

getting across someone

driving you up the wall

searching high heaven

getting in the hair of

razzing

taking the mickey

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

causing discomfort to

grinding

berating

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

hurting somebody's feelings

getting someone's wick

sticking in one's craw

giving trouble

setting one's teeth on edge

making someone's hackles rise

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

pushing someon's buttons

setting someone's teeth on edge

trying the patience of

treading on someone's toes

making someone scratch their head

making an enemy of somebody

setting on edge

getting on the wrong side of

shouting down

thrilling

stabbing

putting to some trouble

making your gorge rise

pushing the buttons of

labouring^UK

laboring^US

causing someone distress

filling with loathing

creating difficulties for

causing inconvenience to

sending over the edge

hurting the feelings of

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

throwing into a tizz

discommodating

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

pulling someone's leg

satirising^UK

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

Verb

Present participle for to continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

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

Verb

Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

making a big thing out of

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

expressing disapproval

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

making a song and dance

blubbering

roaring

yelling

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing of

making a meal of

screaming bloody murder

complaining vehemently about

talking under your breath

casting aspersions on

fulminating against

harping on

doing a hatchet job on

objecting strongly to

fighting

taking issue with

expressing disagreement with

frowning upon

lodging a protest against

taking a stand against

complaining vociferously about

animadverting

expressing disapproval of

combating

withstanding

raising objections to

expressing regret about

expressing disagreement

turning on the waterworks

expressing opposition

keening over

rocking the boat

making an objection

eating your heart out

breaking down

expressing sorrow

expressing sorrow about

turning on waterworks

crying over spilled milk

weeping for

crying over spilt milk

expressing sorrow for

taking up the cudgels

expressing objections

exclaiming

hailing

minding

expressing objections to

remonstrating against

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

having a problem with

baulking^UK

balking^US

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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

Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

giving someone a bollocking

lacing to

letting someone have it

hauling over the coals

giving someone a caning

raking over the coals

giving someone a wigging

giving someone some stick

going on at

taking to task

taking to the woodshed

bringing to book

giving someone a mouthful

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone hell

putting on the mat

tearing off a strip

giving someone a rating

giving someone what for

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

having someone on the carpet

keeping after

slapping someone's wrist

giving the business

biting someone's head off

jumping down someone's throat

pummelling^UK

calling on the carpet

arraigning

attasking

moralizing^US

moralising^UK

counseling^US

counselling^UK

telling a thing or two

giving a piece of one's mind

coming down on like a ton of bricks

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

jumping down one's throat

giving someone a bad press

casting aspersions on

nitpicking about

pouring scorn on

cutting down

giving a bad press to

penalizing^US

penalising^UK

giving something a bad press

trouncing

going for the jugular

throwing brickbats at

passing strictures upon

reprimanding severely

calling over the coals

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

giving tongue-lashing

dishonoring^US

taking disciplinary action against

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

cussing out

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

slandering

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

laying out

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

meting out punishment to

tearing down

picking on

expressing disapproval of

putting on the carpet

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

sending someone away with a flea in his

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

giving a tongue-lashing

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Verb

bringing pressure to bear on

Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly

putting the screws on

putting the squeeze on

bouncing

working on

twisting someone's arm

terrorizing^US

putting under an obligation

frightening

terrorising^UK

mau-mauing

breathing down someone's neck

using strong-arm tactics on

clamouring^UK

riding roughshod over

clamoring^US

holding a gun to one's head

putting through the wringer

enquiring^UK

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

asking authoritatively

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

giving the command to

giving the order to

calling upon

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Verb

Present participle for to criticize, especially with insulting language

taunting

dragging through the mire

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

libelling^UK

libeling^US

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mud

bringing into disrepute

bringing discredit to

running smear campaign

tarring and feathering

spreading scandal about

dragging someone's name through the mud

pummelling^UK

running a smear campaign against

blackening the character of

blackening the name of

throwing brickbats at

passing strictures upon

hitting out at

taking down

giving a bad press to

holding forth against

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Noun

demanding money with menaces

The use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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Noun

Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things

Noun