Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
Censure severely or angrily.
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Examples for "nag "
Examples for "nag "
1 It was not in Kay's nature to nag ; she let it drop.
2 He put the old nag in a lope down the rocky creek.
3 After a time the trotting nag overtook the trailers of the procession.
4 He put his find in his pocket and whipped up the nag .
5 With a kick he started the old nag and again pulled in.
1 He is simply a nagger of men that has had his day.
2 Holly may have personality problems, but she's a very efficient nagger .
3 Holly is a very good nagger , when she puts her mind to it.
4 But Milly was not a nagger , at least not with men.
5 To myself he confided that his host was a nagger .
1 Isn't mother the most interesting ' scolder ' you ever listened to?
2 Mr Graham's transformation from scolder to sycophant was stunning to behold, but not necessarily surprising.
3 Those new houses up on Old Scolder Mountain cut across a sacred hunting ground.
4 All those houses going up on Old Scolder Mountain that was sacred ground for generations.
5 City fellow, late forties, big-shot executive, bought himself a bit of forest around Old Scolder Mountain.
1 I'm here merely in the office of chaperon and common scold .
2 He was made to order for the position of common scold in a country sewing-circle.
3 He had the tongue of a common scold , and he used it with malevolent abandon.
4 I could do nothing, though I talked till I was no better than a common scold .
5 Treason was punished with death, and common scolds were ducked in a pond until they were glad to hold their tongues.
Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.
1 As soon as you leave, she'll be free to scold me again.
2 Then the Queen began to scold the little lady, and to say:
3 I wondered why she didn't scold me for being gone so long.
4 Burtson conjured the words as a scold , but they emerged more plealike.
5 Now they have something really to scold us about; but never mind.
6 But she found little to scold about; her discipline was too rigid.
7 But Ruth would not let the guide scold the boy any more.
8 He sat down on the lowest branch and began to scold Jip.
9 Of course, our sergeant would scold us once in a while, too.
10 Justin waited for Alice to scold Brandon in her soft, strict way.
11 You sleep away the night, and laugh, or scold away the day.
12 But it is mere childishness, and I must scold her for it.
13 But he realized that he might as well scold at the sparrows.
14 If you were to scold me vicariously I should feel it less.
15 She said, I will scold you for being old before your time.
16 She used to scold me occasionally, but I expect I deserved it.
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