nagging

adj

1. Persistently annoying or painful.

   “nagging doubt”

   “nagging pain”

   “nagging woman”

   “Eventually he had learned to live with it, but he always had a nagging suspicion that he had not been good enough for his mother.”

2. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

   “Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of nag

noun

1. The action of the verb nag.

   “After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings, and interruptions of the children[…]”