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

regularised^UK

regularized^US

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

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

checkered^US

chequered^UK

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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

unfavorable^US

ill-humored^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

demoralized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

demoralised^UK

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

ill-favored^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

picking at

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

rattling someone's cage

casting down

browning off

rubbing you up the wrong way

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

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

putting someone off their stroke

setting someone back on their heels

putting someone off their stride

making someone scratch their head

putting out of countenance

causing to be at a stand

making unhappy

scandalising^UK

putting in a spot

stopping someone in their tracks

causing someone to lose their composure

getting someone's wick

galvanizing^US

taking the wind out of your sails

causing anguish

going to your head

sticking in one's craw

making sad

throwing a curve

setting one's teeth on edge

knocking the stuffing out of

galvanising^UK

making self-conscious

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's hackles up

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's nerves

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

trying the patience of

pushing someon's buttons

setting someone's teeth on edge

treading on someone's toes

laboring^US

labouring^UK

sending over the edge

making an enemy of somebody

catching unawares

getting on the wrong side of

pushing the buttons of

making your gorge rise

hurting the feelings of

causing someone distress

offending morals of

causing pain

abominating

filling with loathing

dementing

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

making your head spin

messing with one's head

making punchy

setting someone thinking

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

paralysing^UK

inflicting anguish on

throwing into a tizzy

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

paralyzing^US

balking^US

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

baulking^UK

upsetting the applecart

sweeping someone off their feet

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

dampening spirits

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

tugging at your heartstrings

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

lighting a fire under

whipping up

whetting one's appetite

getting going

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

pepping up

spurring on

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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 mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing of

talking under your breath

making a song and dance

blubbering

roaring

yelling

screaming bloody murder

complaining vehemently about

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

objecting strongly to

taking issue with

arguing against

opposing strongly

expressing disagreement with

frowning upon

lodging a protest against

taking issue

taking a stand against

complaining vociferously about

expressing disapproval of

raising objections to

expressing disagreement

expressing regret about

rebelling

expressing opposition

eating your heart out

crying over spilt milk

crying over spilled milk

taking up the cudgels

expressing objections

exclaiming

hailing

expressing objections to

remonstrating against

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

having a problem with

baulking^UK

balking^US

expressing sorrow about

wailing for

being sorry

sorrowing over

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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

breathing down someone's neck

Present participle for to put pressure on

putting the screws on

putting the squeeze on

twisting someone's arm

turning on the heat

bringing pressure to bear on

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

putting under an obligation

twisting one's arm

using strong-arm tactics on

tyrannizing^US

riding roughshod over

tyrannising^UK

putting through the wringer

holding a gun to one's head

tightening the screws on

insisting on

having someone do something

turning the screws on

propelling

committing

leaving someone no option

putting the frighteners on

throwing your weight around

entailing

calling for

prevailing upon

tightening the screw on

bringing force to bear on

leaving someone no option but to

leaving no choice but to

bringing pressure to bear upon

making an offer they can't refuse

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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

denunciating

slagging

sailing into

giving someone a bad press

casting aspersions on

ripping into

pouring scorn on

nitpicking about

giving a bad press to

penalizing^US

penalising^UK

giving something a bad press

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

throwing brickbats at

passing strictures upon

reprimanding severely

jumping on one's case

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

giving tongue-lashing

dishonoring^US

taking disciplinary action against

criticizing harshly

giving a tongue-lashing

rounding on

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

ostracizing^US

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

ostracising^UK

meting out punishment to

tearing down

picking on

expressing disapproval of

putting on the carpet

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

depreciating

calling over the coals

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

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Verb

Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

enquiring^UK

asking authoritatively

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

twisting someone's arm

putting the screws on

galvanizing^US

mobilizing^US

mobilising^UK

favouring^UK

favoring^US

galvanising^UK

agitating

rooting

giving the incentive to

rooting on

thrilling

acting as a stimulus to

acting as a incentive to

lighting a fire under

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Verb

Present participle for to criticize, especially with insulting language

taunting

hurting somebody's feelings

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

libelling^UK

libeling^US

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

casting aspersions on

dishonoring^US

hitting where one lives

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

misprizing

minifying

stepping on one's toes

shooting full of holes

doing a hatchet job on

dragging through the mud

pulling apart

doing down

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Verb

Present participle for to repeatedly mention a subject

Verb

Present participle for to instruct or order (someone) to do something

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

burr under someone's saddle

Something which causes great mental or physical pain

rigor^US

rigour^UK

labour^UK

labor^US

unpleasant experience

trials and tribulations

offence^UK

a thorn in someone's side

offense^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

millstone round one's neck

chip on your shoulder

monkey wrench in the works

unwanted responsibility

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Noun

Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things