All nagging synonyms
nagΒ·ging
N n adj nagging
- painful β affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- troublesome β causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- grievous β causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- inflamed β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- severe β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- aching β causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
- agonizing β Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain.
- throbbing β to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- distressing β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- burning β You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- piercing β loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- tormenting β to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- tender β soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- biting β Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
- trying β extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit: a trying day; a trying experience.
- harrowing β extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- smarting β to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- irritated β angered, provoked, or annoyed.
- hurting β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- saddening β causing someone to become sad
- achy β If you feel achy, your body hurts.
- afflictive β causing pain or misery
- arduous β Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- awful β If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- caustic β Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- disagreeable β contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- distasteful β unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hurtful β causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
- laborious β requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- raw β uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- sensitive β endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- sharp β having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sore β suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: He is sore because of all that exercise.
- tedious β event: dull
- uncomfortable β causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unpleasant β not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
- vexatious β causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
adjective nagging
- irritating β causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- niggling β petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
- irksome β annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome: irksome restrictions.
- pesky β annoyingly troublesome; pesty: bothered by a pesky fly.
- harassing β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- agonising β to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- excruciating β Intensely painful.
- extreme β Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.