Naggy vs. Nagging — What's the Difference?

(informal) Prone to nag, irritable.

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 "to gnaw".Reporter Elizabeth Bernstein defined, in a Wall Street Journal article, nagging as "the interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeatedly ignores it and both become increasingly annoyed".

Irritable; touchy.

To annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging.

To torment persistently, as with anxiety or pain.

To scold, complain, or find fault constantly

To be a constant source of anxiety or annoyance

One who nags.

Present participle of nag

The action of the verb nag.

Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

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

Continually complaining or faultfinding;