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nagnoun a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for ridinga poor farmer who could only afford one old nag equine, horse, steed equidcolt, filly, foal, gelding, mare, stallionbronco, mustang, ponycharger, courser, cow pony, cutting horse, galloper, hack, hackney, mount, packhorse, prancer, quarter horse, racehorse, saddle horse, trotter, warhorse, workhorsebay, black, buckskin, chestnut, dun, palomino, pinto, roan, skewbald, sorrelcob, dobbin, jade, plug, skate nagverbto subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp remindersshe kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder dog, henpeck, hound, needle, peck (at) carp (at), fuss (about or over), nitpickannoy, badger, bait, bother, bug, chivy(or chivvy), harass, harry, hassle, irk, pester, plague, ride, vex, yap (at)egg, goad, incite, prod, prompt, spur, urgeexhort, insist, press, pressure, pushblandish, cajole, coax, wheedlebeg, importune, plead pick at complimentcommend, laud, praise, recommend, toutacclaim, applaud, build up, eulogize, extol(also extoll) to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomelyif all you can do is nag, then you are of no use to this organization at all beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder(chiefly British), moan, murmur, mutter, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge(British), yammer, yawp(or yaup), yowl object (to), protest, quarrel (with)cavil, quibblefret, stew, worryblubber, cry, sobbemoan, bewail, deplore, lament kick up a fuss(or kick up a stink) crow, delight, rejoice accept, bear, countenance, endure, take, tolerateapplaud, cheer, commend in the 15th century |