nagged

The word “nagged” has 1 syllable: nagged

It's pronounced as /næɡd/


What is synonym and antonym for nagged?

In the thesaurus, “nagged” has 117 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nagged along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nagged

  • acquiescent
  • annoyed
  • badgered
  • baited
  • beefed
  • begged
  • bellyached
  • bemoaned
  • bewailed
  • bitched
  • blandished
  • bleated
  • blubbered
  • bothered
  • browbeaten
  • bugged
  • cajoled
  • carped
  • caterwauled
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • chivied
  • chivvied
  • coaxed
  • complained
  • compliant
  • constrained
  • crabbed
  • cried
  • croaked
  • deplored
  • docile
  • dogged
  • dominated
  • egged
  • exhorted
  • fretted
  • fussed
  • goaded
  • griped
  • grizzled
  • grouched
  • groused
  • growled
  • grumbled
  • grumped
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • henpecked
  • hollered
  • hounded
  • importuned
  • incited
  • insisted
  • intimidated
  • inveighed
  • irked
  • keened
  • kicked
  • kicked up a fuss
  • kicked up a stink
  • kvetched
  • lamented
  • led by the nose
  • maundered
  • meek
  • moaned
  • murmured
  • muttered
  • needled
  • nitpicked
  • obedient
  • passive
  • pestered
  • picked at
  • plagued
  • plead
  • pleaded
  • pled
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • prodded
  • prompted
  • protested
  • pushed
  • quibbled
  • repined
  • resigned
  • rid
  • rode
  • screamed
  • sobbed
  • spurred
  • squawked
  • squealed
  • stewed
  • subjected to nagging
  • submissive
  • timid
  • unassertive
  • unresisting
  • urged
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wailed
  • wheedled
  • whimpered
  • whined
  • whinged
  • wife-ridden
  • worried
  • yammered
  • yauped
  • yawped
  • yielding
  • yowled

Antonyms for nagged

  • accepted
  • acclaimed
  • applauded
  • bore
  • built up
  • cheered
  • commended
  • complimented
  • countenanced
  • crowed
  • delighted
  • endured
  • eulogized
  • extolled
  • lauded
  • praised
  • recommended
  • rejoiced
  • tolerated
  • took
  • touted

Meanings of nagged

  • verb
    1. To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
    2. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
    3. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.

Example Sentences

  • The persistent thought nagged at her, making it difficult to enjoy the moment.
  • Despite his best efforts, the unresolved issue nagged at the back of his mind.
  • The unfinished tasks on her to-do list constantly nagged her throughout the day.
  • His mother's voice nagged in his ear, reminding him to take an umbrella on a cloudy day.
  • The sense of guilt nagged at him, urging him to make amends for his mistake.

On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nagged, such as: accepted, acclaimed, acquiescent, annoyed, applauded, badgered, baited.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • affronted
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • angered
  • annoyed
  • antagonized
  • badgered
  • baited
  • ballyragged
  • banqueted
  • boarded
  • bolted
  • bothered
  • breakfasted
  • broken bread
  • broken down
  • broken up
  • bugged
  • bullyragged
  • chafed
  • chewed
  • consumed
  • corroded
  • decimated
  • decomposed
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • deviled
  • devilled
  • devoured
  • digested
  • dined
  • dined out
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disintegrated
  • dispatched
  • disquieted
  • dissolved
  • distressed
  • downed
  • dug in
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • eroded
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • fared
  • feasted
  • fed
  • fretted
  • frosted
  • galled
  • glutted
  • gnawed
  • gorged
  • gormandized
  • got
  • got to
  • gotten
  • grated
  • grazed
  • griped
  • gulped
  • gummed
  • hagridden
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • heckled
  • incensed
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • ingested
  • insulted
  • irked
  • irritated
  • itched
  • lapped
  • licked
  • lunched
  • maddened
  • mangled
  • masticated
  • messed
  • miffed
  • mouthed
  • munched
  • nagged
  • narked
  • nettled
  • nibbled
  • noshed
  • nursed
  • offended
  • outraged
  • overeaten
  • overfed
  • partaken
  • peeved
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • picked
  • picnicked
  • pigged out
  • piqued
  • plagued
  • polished off
  • provoked
  • put away
  • put down
  • put out
  • rankled
  • rasped
  • refreshed
  • regaled
  • relished
  • repasted
  • riled
  • roiled
  • roused
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • ruffled
  • ruined
  • savored
  • savoured
  • scoffed
  • slopped
  • snacked
  • spited
  • supped
  • swallowed
  • swilled
  • tasted
  • teased
  • undone
  • unhinged
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • vexed
  • vext
  • victualed
  • victualled
  • wasted
  • wolfed
  • worn on
  • worried
  • wrecked

haltered

keened

lassoed

nabbed

  • abducted
  • apprehend
  • apprehended
  • arrest
  • arrested
  • bagged
  • bayed
  • bound
  • bust
  • busted
  • capture
  • captured
  • catch
  • caught
  • clasped
  • clutch
  • clutched
  • collared
  • committed
  • confined
  • cop
  • copped
  • cornered
  • corralled
  • detain
  • detained
  • enchained
  • enmeshed
  • ensnared
  • entangled
  • entrapped
  • fettered
  • fisted
  • glommed
  • gloved
  • got
  • grab
  • grabbed
  • grappled
  • grasped
  • gripped
  • haltered
  • handcuffed
  • held
  • hooked
  • immeshed
  • immured
  • imprisoned
  • incarcerated
  • interned
  • jailed
  • jugged
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • landed
  • lassoed
  • manacled
  • meshed
  • nail
  • nailed
  • netted
  • nicked
  • nobbled
  • pick up
  • picked up
  • pinched
  • pulled in
  • ran in
  • rapped
  • rearrested
  • remanded
  • rended
  • rent
  • restrained
  • roped
  • run in
  • secured
  • seized
  • shackled
  • snagged
  • snared
  • snatch
  • snatched
  • take
  • take into custody
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • trapped
  • wrested

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