Dictionary Definition
nag
Noun
1 someone (especially a woman) who annoys people
by constantly finding fault [syn: scold, scolder, nagger, common
scold]
Verb
1 bother persistently with trivial complaints;
"She nags her husband all day long" [syn: peck, hen-peck]
2 worry persistently; "nagging concerns and
doubts"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈnæg/, /"n
Extensive Definition
Nag may refer to:
- New Age Gaming, a gaming magazine in South Africa
- New American Gospel, debut album by heavy metal band Lamb of God
- N-Acetylglucosamine, a biological molecule
- Nag Missile, a third generation "fire and forget" anti-tank missile
- Nag, a small horse; an old female horse; a pony
- Numerical Algorithms Group, a non-profit software company
- Nag, a male cobra in Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
- Nag, a multi user tasklist manager included in Horde (software)
- Nag (surname)- A Konkani surname
- NAG, The National Association of Goldsmiths, British Trade Association for Quality Retail Jewellers
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Houyhnhnm, advocate, aggravate, annoy, annoyer, apply pressure,
badger, badgerer, bait, balker, balky horse, be at,
bedevil, beset, besiege, blandish, bother, bring to recollection,
bristle, brood mare,
brown off, bug, bully, bullyrag, burn up, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, carp
at, carry back, charger,
chivy, coax, colt, courser, critter, crock, crowbait, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dobbin, dog, dun, egg, entire, entire horse, equine, exasperate, exercise, exert pressure,
exhort, fash, filly, foal, fret at, fuss, fuss at, garron, gelding, get, give a hint, give the cue,
goad, goat, gripe, hack, harass, harasser, harrier, harry, hassle, heckle, heckler, hector, henpeck, high-pressure, hold the
promptbook, horse,
hound, importune, insist, insist upon, irk, jade, jawbone, jog the memory,
jughead, lobby, mare, miff, molest, mount, nag at, needle, nettle, nibble at, niggle, nudge, nudnik, nudzh, peck at, peeve, persecute, persecutor, pest, pester, pesterer, pick at, pick on,
pique, plague, plaguer, plead with, pluck the
beard, plug, ply, pother, prancer, press, pressure, prod, prompt, prompt the mind, provoke, push, put in mind, put in
remembrance, recall,
recommend, remember, remind, remind one of, ride, rile, roarer, rogue, roil, rosinante, ruffle, sadist, scalawag, soft-soap, stallion, steed, stiff, stud, studhorse, suggest, sweet-talk, tarpan, tease, teaser, top horse, torment, tormentor, try the patience,
tweak the nose, urge,
vex, war-horse, wheedle, whistler, wild horse, work on,
worry, yap
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