Naggy vs. Nagging

Naggyadjective

(informal) Prone to nag, irritable.

Naggyadjective

Irritable; touchy.

Naggingnoun

The action of the verb nag.

Naggingadjective

Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

Naggingadjective

Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.

Naggingadjective

continually complaining or faultfinding;

Nagging

Nagging, in interpersonal communication, is repetitious behaviour in the form of pestering, hectoring, harassing, or otherwise continuously urging an individual to complete previously discussed requests or act on advice. The word is derived from the Scandinavian nagga, which means .Reporter Elizabeth Bernstein defined, in a Wall Street Journal article, nagging as .