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What is the adjective for nagging?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb nag which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

nagging
  1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. persistent, continuous, unremitting, lingering, unrelenting, constant, continual, endless, incessant, niggling, perpetual, repeated, unabating, gnawing, interminable, relentless, never-ending, lasting, sustained, chronic, uninterrupted, unending, steady, unceasing, continuing, habitual, frequent, unbroken, permanent, unrelieved, pushy, non-stop, persisting, abiding, surviving, residual, remaining, ever-present, recurrent, recurring, ceaseless, eternal, enduring, everlasting, perennial, unchanging, nonstop, regular, undying, ongoing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I always have this nagging feeling that someone is out to get me.”
      “Any type of taxing physical activity increases the risk of sustaining a nagging injury and can prolong recovery time.”
      “Jim could not shake the nagging thought that something was not quite right.”
naggable
  1. susceptible to nagging
naggy
  1. Prone to nag, irritable
  2. Examples:
      3. “The funny thing is, I keep having this naggy thought that I've seen you somewhere before.”
      “She was naggy, annoying and could be such a little brat when she was pessimistic.”
      “Denise: Pick the right guy! It's also important to be positive and optimistic, not to be grouchy or naggy.”
nagsome
  1. Characterised or marked by nagging
nagless
  1. (rare) That does not nag.
naggier
  1. comparative form of naggy: more naggy
naggiest
  1. superlative form of naggy: most naggy
nagged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of nag
  2. Synonyms:
      3. created, complained, made a fuss, cried, moaned, whined, whinged, fretted, fussed, griped, groaned, grope, grumbled, grumped, kicked up a fuss, kicked up a rumpus, protested, remonstrated, sniveled, snivelled, sounded off, wailed, whimpered, yammered, carped, groused, bleated, grouched, bellyached, beefed, grizzled, inveighed, muttered, screamed, growled, repined, murmured, kvetched, crabbed, caterwauled, hollered, keened, maundered, squawked, squealed, yowled, yawped, croaked, kicked, yauped … more
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