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How to pronounce nag in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms common scold, nagger, scold, scolder
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Has types harridan
Type Words
Synonyms hack, jade, plug
Type of equus caballus, horse
Type Words
Synonyms hen-peck, peck
Type of plain, sound off, quetch, complain, kick, kvetch
Derivation nagger


She nags her husband all day long.
Type Words
Type of remind


she nagged to take a vacation.
Type Words
Type of vex, worry


nagging concerns and doubts.

Examples of nag

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As parents, it's hard to know when and how to nag and when to toss in the towel.
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This will get rid of the annoying nag you keep receiving from Internet Explorer.
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Toys don't nag or pressure or abuse or lecture or make you stack the dishwasher.
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Taken together, all of these features make the M sedan seem like quite the nag.
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That's how practical ranchers dispose of an old nag at the end of her usefulness.
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Mitch also observed the priest blessing the eyes, ears and hooves of the old nag.
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Eventually one's doubts Moore on these points nag laughter into pained silence.
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Nag said India's banks are well capitalized and can afford to step up lending.
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The least-heralded nag can, and on several occasions has, won the fabled race.
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More examples
  • Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
  • Scold: someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
  • Hack: an old or over-worked horse
  • Worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"
  • Remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation"
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  • A small horse; a pony; An old useless horse; One who nags; To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters; To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse; To bother with persistent memories; Other sorts of persistent ...