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badgering

noun/adj
1
Persistent nagging or pestering meant to wear someone down until they comply.
"After weeks of badgering, she finally agreed to go to the concert."
"His constant badgering about the deadline was starting to grate on the team."

How to Use Badgering

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In plain EnglishRepeated, wearing-down pestering aimed at getting someone to do something.

Common pairings
constant badgering stop badgering me

Word Forms

more badgering comparative, badgerings plural, most badgering superlative

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