noun/adj
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
Learner’s notesIn 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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Rhymes for badgering
Bering
peering
jeering
Deering
Goering
lowering
covering
offering
entering
altering
cheering
steering
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