Nag

Definitions: Nag

Nag

Noun

1. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.

2. An old or over-worked horse.

Verb

1. Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long".

2. Worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts".

3. Remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nag" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Computing

Food & Agriculture

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

NAG

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Nag

Carrier

Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud.

Discord

Fall out, quarrel, dispute; litigate; controvert; (deny); squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle, bicker, nag; spar; (contend); have words; n. with; fall foul of.

Crosswords: Nag

Afrikaan (night), Hungarian (within the four seas), Norwegian (despite, grudge), Serbo-Croatian (bare, naked, nude, nude: in the nude, unclothed, undressed).

Nag at me! Nagging's good! (Running Scared; writing credit: Gary DeVore; Jimmy Huston)

Nag, nag, nag. (The Gauntlet; writing credit: Michael Butler; Dennis Shryack)

Yeah, all the countries would nag each other to death! (Three's Company; writing credit: Taylor Caldwell; William Hanley)

She can nag and be a constant pain, ("Strength Of A Woman"; performing artist: Shaggy)

Die Ruiter in die nag (1968)

It's a Grand Old Nag (1947)

A Nag in the Bag (1938)

The Iron Nag (1925)

Nag Devta (1991)

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Books

• Death of a Nag (reference)

• Nag Hammadi and Gnosis: Papers Read at the First International Congress of Coptology - Cairo, December 1976 (Nag Hammadi Studies , No 14) (reference)

• Nag Hammadi Bibliography: 1948-1969 (Nag Hammadi Studies , No 1) (reference)

• Nag Hammadi Library (reference)

• Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, & Early Christianity (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Ultimate Nag (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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The master horse ordered a sorrel nag, one of his servants, to untie the largest of these animals, and take him into the yard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "nag": nag at ♦ nag into ♦ wretched nag ♦ wrethed nag. Additional references.

Ending with "nag": pad-nag.

Albanian

ngacmoj (annoy, badger, banter, bedevil, bother, chaff, chip, dare, excite, guy, harass, Harrow, Harry, irritate, jolly, molest, monkey, nettle, provoke, rag, rally, ruffle, tamper, tease), mëz (colt, foal), mërzit (annoy, badger, bore, bother, cloy, disgruntle, dissatisfy, get, peeve, pester, plague, turn sour, vex), kalë (buck, equine, gee, Hackney, horse, knight, Steed, vaulting horse), gërnjar (bitchy, carping, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, fussy, grouch, grouchy, grouse, grouser, grumbler, nagger, nagging, peevish, pettish, petulant, quarrelsome, shrewish, termagant, wrangler), gërdallë (horsy, jade, scrag horse, weed), bezdis (bore, displease, get, grate, Harrow, hassle, importune, inconvenience, peeve, persecute, pester, press, pursue, ruffle, tease, trouble, vex). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرس صغيرأو ضعيف, ‏فرس صغير (tit), ‏ناكد (devil, gall), ‏تذمر (clamor, clamour, complain, complaint, crab, croak, groan, grouch, grouchiness, growl, grudge, grumble, murmur, mutter, plain, repine, snort, whimper), ‏ضايق (aggrieve, annoy, bully, distress, disturb, dog, fret, get in the way, gnaw, grate, grill, harass, harrow, harry, incommode, inconvenience, irk, jar, jolt, molest, persecute, pester, pick, rag, rattle, saddle, torment), ‏جواد ردئ, ‏إحتج (allege, complain, demur, deprecate, expostulate, grouse, object, pick, protest, remonstrate, represent, take exception to, yell), ‏أزعج (ail, annoy, beset, bother, burn, discompose, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, get in the way, get on smb.'s nerves, gig, gnaw, grate, hamper, harass, importune, incommode, inconvenience, infest, intrude, irk, irritate, jolt, molest, niggle, obsess, offend, pain, peck, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, possess, prickle, put out, rasp, rattle, ruffle, saddle, torment, trouble, upset, vex). (various references)

Bulgarian 

кранта (aver, crock, hack, jade, plug, rip, scalawag, scallywag, screw, skate), конче (foal, gee-gee, hobbyhorse, tit), опявам (descant, din, din into, ding, perform a funeral service), натякване (reproach), натяквам (reproach, rub in, throw up, twit), заяждане (cavil, jam, jamming), заяждам се с (pick at, pick on), пони (pony), дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, jive, mad, madden, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry). (various references)

Czech

xantipa (bitch, nagger, Xanthippe), trápit (afflict, agonize, ail, bait, beset, bother, discommode, disgruntle, grieve, pain, pester, plague, pother, rack, tantalize, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry), rýpnutí (shove), rýpat (carp, dig, nark, poke), peskovat (chide, snub, yaff), otravovat (annoy, bore, bother, bug, hassle, nark, peeve, pester, worry), koník (grasshopper), kobylka (locust), herka (crock, hack), bruèoun (crosspatch, grouch, growler, grumbler, nagger). (various references)

Dutch

hit (bang, pony, shot). (various references)

Farsi 

یابو (Tit, Workhorse), فاحشه (Drab, Harlot, Madem, Mademe, Prostitute, Pug, Quean, Ribald, Stallion, Townswoman, Tramp, Wench, Whore), مرتباگوشزدکردن , نق نقو, نق زدن , عیبجوءی کردن (Henpeck, Pick), عیبجو (Cynical), اسب پیرووامانده , اسب کوچک سواری , ازاردادن (Dun, Excruciate, Imp, Tantalize, Trouble). (various references)

Finnish

nalkuttaa, näykkiä (snap), tankata (keep saying or asking, pound into one's head, refuel, stammer), jankuttaa (harp on the same string). (various references)

French

rouspéter, reprendre son temps, remarque, harceler, ennuyer, cheval, canasson. (various references)

German

nörgler (Carper, caviler, grumbler, moaner, nagger, niggler, squealers), meckerliese (nagger), herumnörgeln (find fault), herumnörgeln an (keep at), keine ruhe geben, keine ruhe lassen (badger, bother, fuss), klepper (crock, crocks, hack, jade), gaul (hack, horse, work-horse), meckerfritze (belly-acher, nagger), zetern (clamor, clamour, moan, scold, to clamour, yell), meckern (beef, bitch, bleat, gripe, grouse, moan, nagging, niggling, to bitch, to grouse), meckerziege (nagger, ratbag, sourpuss), quälgeist (nagger, nuisance, pest, torment, tormentor), schabracke (caparison, hag, pelmet, saddlecloth, valance), Steckenpferd (hobby, hobby horse, hobbyhorse, pony), mähre (jade). (various references)

Greek 

παλιάλογο (jade). (various references)

Hebrew 

מציאת מומים, למצוא מומים, לק� טר (anger, chide, provoke, rebuke, tease, vex), ל�"ציק (aggravate, aggrieve, ail, annoy, harass, irk, molest, persecute, pester, shove around, tease, torment, vex), לרטון (crab, grouch, grouse, grumble, repine), �'� וי (censure, deprecation, disapproval, odium, shame, twit), סיח (colt, foal, pony), סוס קטן. (various references)

Hungarian

gebe (bag of bones, crock, jade, plug, runt, skin). (various references)

Indonesian

membengkengi, dumel (complain). (various references)

Italian

tormentare (afflict, agonise, agonize, bait, be tormented, bedevil, excruciate, harass, Harry, labour, pester, pinch, plague, prey, sting, tantalise, tantalize, torment, worry), ronzino (crock, jade), pisello (garden pea, green pea, pea), infastidire (annoy, bother, displease, fidget, get annoyed, irk, worry), cavallino (horsy, pony, sheer), brontolare (grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, murmur, mutter, rumble). (various references)

Korean 

늙은 말. (various references)

Manx

troiddey (altercate, altercation, berate, bicker, chide, chiding, dress down, dressing down, jaw, jaw scolding, mud-slinging, nagging, objurgate, objurgation, quarrel, quarrelling, rate, row; squabbling, scold, scolding, set to, squabble, telling off, wigging), giarran (gelding, pony). (various references)

Pig Latin

agnay.(various references)

Portuguese

rocim, resmungar (croak, groan, grouchy, growl, grumble, mumble, murmur, mutter, nagger, repine, scold), ralhar (call down, chide, land on, natterjack, scold), pequeno cavalo de sela, pónei (pony), o ponto mais baixo (rock bottom), importunar (badger, bother, devil, disturb, hinder, importune, incommode, lay the blame on, persecute, pester, pick at, plague, pursue, solicit, tease, tire, trouble), criticar permanentemente, censurar continuamente, cavalo (bearing vine, boy, Bronco, doberman, female vine, Helen, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, knight, Mrs.White, peanut butter, roadster, scag, smack, stock, white boy, white girl, white lady), aborrecer (annoy, badger, blister, bore, bother, bug, burst with anger, disgust, displease, displeasure, distasteful, fash, feeze, hateful, hump, importune, irk, leech, loathe, molestation, nettle rash, offend, pester, pique, plague, put about, spite, tire, torment, trouble, vex). (various references)

Romanian

nu da pace (nagnag, persecute), sâcâi (bother, harass, nagnag, worry), ponei (galloway, jennet, pony), mârţoagã (crock, hack, jade, rip, runt, tit, weed), gloabã (crock, hack, jade, plug, rip, skin), femeie cicãlitoare (frump, nagger), cicãli (badger, Bicker, carp, cavil, Chevy, nagnag, tease), cicãlealã (cavil, fault finding, tease, teasing), cal mic (jennet, pony), cãluţ (pad-nag, pony), bate la cap (bother, Chevy, nagnag, needle, peeve, pester, plague). (various references)

Russian 

кляча (aver, crock, hack, jade, rip, wretched nag), ворчать (croak, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, natter, snarl), лошадь (equine, horse, maiden horse), придирки (arraignment, faultfinding), придираться (carp, cavil, find fault, rail, upbraid), пони (pony). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zvocati (ding), zanovetati (carp, grumble), zanovetalo (grumbler), zamerati (animadvert, criticize, reproach), zakerati (carp, crab, nibble, scold), zakeralo (carper, faultfinder, nagger, scold). (various references)

Spanish

jaca (cob, Jack tree, jackfruit tree, pony). (various references)

Swedish

hästkrake (jade, plug), gnata (carp, cavil, gripe). (various references)

Thai

การรบกวน (bother, chafe, molestation, nuisance), �"ุ�"่า (chide, jump all over, jump on, keep after, rag, rebuke), ม้าแก่ (hack). (various references)

Turkish

ufak at, kusur bulup durmak, ihtiyar at, dırdırcı tip, dırdır etmek (grouse, grumble, quack, rattle, squawk), başının etini yemek (badger, be at smb., bite smb.'s head off, importune, plague smb.'s life out). (various references)

Ukranian 

сварлива жінка (catamaran, nagger, scold, shrew), чіплятися (accost, arraign, badger, bully, carp, cavil, chicane, clamber, cling, upbraid, worry), шкапа (jade, rip, shack, weed), конячка (gee), гризти (champ, gnaw, munch, nib, nibble, scrunch), бурчати (beef, begrudge, buzz, carp, croak, groan, grouch, growl, grunt, mutter, natter, rumble, scold), бурчання (croak, growl, grunt, mutter, muttering, nagging, scolding), прискіпуватися, причіпка (arraignment, caption, cavil, chicane, chicanery, nagging, nip), поні (bidet, hobby, pony). (various references)

Vietnamese 

con ngựa nhỏ. (various references)

Welsh

swnian (grumble, murmur), cwrnad (bawl, hubbub). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "nag": nagana, naganas, nagged, nagger, naggers, naggier, naggiest, nagging, naggingly, naggy, nags. (additional references)

Words ending with "nag": padnag, snag. (additional references)

Words containing "nag": alienage, alienages, anageneses, anagenesis, anaglyph, anaglyphic, anaglyphs, anagnorises, anagnorisis, anagoge, anagoges, anagogic, anagogical, anagogically, anagogies, anagogy, anagram, anagrammatic, anagrammatical, anagrammatically, anagrammatization, anagrammatizations, anagrammatize, anagrammatized, anagrammatizes, anagrammatizing, anagrammed, anagramming, anagrams, antimanagement, antimanagements, apanage, apanages, appanage, appanages, badinage, badinaged, badinages, badinaging, baronage, baronages, bisnaga, bisnagas, biznaga, biznagas, carnage, carnages, chaperonage, chaperonages, coinage, coinages, comanage, comanaged, comanagement, comanagements, comanager, comanagers, comanages, comanaging, commonage, commonages, concubinage, concubinages, coronagraph, coronagraphs, counterespionage, counterespionages, cousinage, cousinages, cozenage, cozenages, drainage, drainages, dunnage, dunnages, emmenagogue, emmenagogues, empennage, empennages, espionage, espionages, fenagle, fenagled, fenagles, fenagling, finagle, finagled, finagler, finaglers, finagles, finagling, gallonage, gallonages, hypnagogic, libertinage, libertinages, linage, linages, manage, manageabilities, manageability, manageable, manageableness, manageablenesses, manageably, managed, management, managemental, managements, manager, manageress, manageresses, managerial, managerially, managers, managership, managerships, manages, managing, megatonnage, megatonnages, menage, menagerie, menageries, menages, micromanage, micromanaged, micromanagement, micromanagements, micromanager, micromanagers, micromanages, micromanaging, mismanage, mismanaged, mismanagement, mismanagements, mismanages, mismanaging, nonage, nonagenarian, nonagenarians, nonages, nonaggression, nonaggressions, nonaggressive, nonagon, nonagons, nonagricultural, nonmanagement, nonmanagements, nonmanagerial, onager, onagers, onagri, orphanage, orphanages, overmanage, overmanaged, overmanages, overmanaging, padnags, parsonage, parsonages, patronage, patronages, pawnage, pawnages, peonage, peonages, personage, personages, recoinage, recoinages, runagate, runagates, signage, signages, snagged, snaggier, snaggiest, snagging, snaggleteeth, snaggletooth, snaggletoothed, snaggy, snaglike, snags, spinage, spinages, submanager, submanagers, synagog, synagogal, synagogs, synagogue, synagogues, tanager, tanagers, tannage, tannages, teenage, teenaged, teenager, teenagers, thanage, thanages, thenage, thenages, tonnage, tonnages, tunnage, tunnages, unaged, unageing, unaggressive, unagile, unaging, unmanageable, unmanageably, unmanaged, vicinage, vicinages, villenage, villenages, wagonage, wagonages, witenagemot, witenagemote, witenagemotes, witenagemots. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anagh, ang, anj, anog, Bnag, dnag, Enmag, hnag, n'a, naa, naaa, Naag, naam, nac, naf, naga, nage, nagg, nagh, nagl, Nagm, nago, nagy, nai, n'ai, naig, naj, Najd, naji, Najm, nal, nalg, nang, nanga, nao, naq, nar, narg, nau, naug, nav, naw, nax, Naz, Nazgul, Neagu, neg, nega, negi, Negm, nego, nej, nerg, ng, ngage, Ngah, ngat, ngi, ngo, ngp, ngr, Nha, nhao, niag, Niang, niga, nige, nigg, nign, nij, Njau, Nka, nma, noga, nogg, nogi, noog, npg, Nsgi, nuag, nuage, Nuang, nug, Nugw, nuj, Nutgw, Nyagah, Nzang, qag. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gan.

-1 letter: ag, an, na.

+1 letter: agin, agon, anga, bang, dang, fang, gaen, gain, gane, gang, gaun, gnar, gnat, gnaw, gran, guan, hang, lang, nags, pang, rang, sang, snag, tang, vang, yang.

+2 letters: acing, again, agene, agent, aging, agone, agons, agony, alang, algin, align, along, among, angas, angel, anger, angle, angry, angst, aping, argon, awing, axing, bangs, began, bhang, bogan, chang, clang, conga, dangs, donga, fagin, fanga, fangs, gains, gamin, ganef, ganev, gangs, ganja, ganof, garni, gaunt, genoa, genua, giant, gland, glans, glean, gnarl, gnarr, gnars, gnash, gnats, gnawn, gnaws, goban, gonad, gonia, gowan, grain, grana, grand, grans, grant, groan, guano, guans, hangs, hogan, kiang, lagan, liang, ligan, linga, logan, mange, mango, mangy, naggy, orang, organ, pagan, panga, pangs, prang, range, rangy, regna, sanga, sangh, slang, snags, spang, stang, swang, tango, tangs, tangy, tonga, twang, vangs, vegan, wagon, whang, wigan, wrang, yangs.

+3 letters: aahing, abying, aching, acting, adding, afghan, ageing, agency, agenda, agenes, agents, agings, agnail, agnate, agnize, agonal, agones, agonic, aiding, ailing, aiming, airing, algins, aligns, analog, anergy, angary, angels, angers, angina, angled, angler, angles, angora, angsts, anlage, anting, arcing, argent, argons, arming, ashing, asking, assign, auding, augend, avenge, aweing, awning, baaing, bagman, bagmen, bagnio, baking, baling, bandog, banged, banger, bangle, baning, baring, barong, basing, bating, baying, bhangs, bogans, brogan, caging, caking, cangue, caning, caring, casing, caving, cawing, change, changs, clangs, cognac, congas, danged, danger, dangle, daring, dating, dawing, dazing, defang, dognap, dongas, dragon, earing, easing, eating, encage, engage, engram, enigma, enrage, facing, fading, fagins, faking, faming, fanega, fangas, fanged, faring, fating, faxing, faying, fazing, flagon, flange, fungal, gabion, gaboon, gaeing, gaging, gagman, gagmen, gaijin, gained, gainer, gainly, gainst, galena, gallon, gamine, gaming, gamins, gammon, gander, ganefs, ganevs, ganged, ganger, gangly, gangue, ganjah, ganjas, gannet, ganofs, ganoid, gantry, gaping, garcon, garden, garner, garnet, garron, gascon, gaskin, gasman, gasmen, gating, gazing, gelant, genera, geneva, genial, genoas, german, giants, gingal, gitano, glance, glands, gleans, glucan, glycan, gnarls, gnarly, gnarrs, gnatty, gnawed, gnawer, goanna, gobang, gobans, gonads, gossan, gowans, gowany, graben, gradin, grains, grainy, grands, grange, granny, grants, granum, gratin, graven, groans, guanay, guanin, guanos, guinea, gunman, hading, haeing, hagdon, haling, hangar, hanged, hanger, hangul, hangup, haring, hating, having, hawing, haying, hazing, hogans, iguana, incage, ingate, jading, jangle, jangly, japing, jargon, jawing, jingal, kalong, kiangs, kurgan, lacing, lading, lagans, lagend, lagoon, laguna, lagune, laking, laming, langue, langur, lanugo, lasing, laving, lawing, laying, lazing, legman, liangs, ligand, ligans, linage, lingam, lingas, lingua, logans, longan, lungan, macing, magian, magnet, magnum, making, malign, manage, manege, mangel, manger, manges, mangey, mangle, mangos, margin, mating, mawing, maying, mazing, menage, morgan, nagana, nagged, nagger, naming, naught, negate, nilgai, nilgau, nonage, nongay, nougat, oaring, onager, onagri, orange, orangs, orangy, organa, organs, origan, ourang, pacing, padnag, pagans, paging, paling, pangas, panged, pangen, parang, paring, paving, pawing, paying, penang, pinang, prangs, quango, racing, raging, raglan, ragman, ragmen, raking, ranged, ranger, ranges, raping, raring, rasing, rating, raving, raxing, raying, razing, reagin, regain, regina, regnal, rehang, sangar, sangas, sanger, sanghs, saning, sarong, satang, sating, saving, sawing, saying, senega, signal, slangs, slangy, slogan, snaggy, sprang, stangs, strang, syngas, taking, taming, tanged, tangle, tangly, tangos, taping, taring, tawing, taxing, tongas, twangs, twangy, unaged, uncage, ungual, ungula, unhang, vagina, vegans, wading, waggon, waging, wagons, waking, waling, wangan, wangle, wangun, waning, waring, waving, waxing, whangs, wigans, wrangs, yawing.

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