nagging pain

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• nagging — adjective (only before noun) making you worry or feel pain all the time: nagging doubt/fear/feeling etc: It was a week before the wedding, and there was still the nagging doubt in the back of her mind. | nagging toothache/headache/pain etc: Lee… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nagging — nag|ging [ˈnægıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) making you worry or feel pain slightly all the time nagging feeling/doubt/suspicion etc ▪ There was still a nagging doubt in the back of her mind. ▪ Lee had a nagging pain in her back. 2.) always… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nagging — [[t]næ̱gɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A nagging pain is not very severe but is difficult to cure. → See also nag He complained of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades. ...nagging headaches …   English dictionary

• pain — pain1 W2S2 [peın] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: peine, from Latin poena, from Greek poine payment, punishment ] 1.) [U and C] the feeling you have when part of your body hurts pain in ▪ The pain in her jaw had come back. ▪ I had …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nagging — UK [ˈnæɡɪŋ] / US adjective [only before noun] 1) affecting you in an unpleasant way for a long time and difficult to get rid of a nagging pain a nagging injury/cough/headache 2) a) frequently asking or telling someone to do something in a way… …   English dictionary

• pain — [[t]pe͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ pains, pained 1) N VAR Pain is the feeling of great discomfort you have, for example when you have been hurt or when you are ill. ...back pain. ...a bone disease that caused excruciating pain... To help ease the pain, heat can… …   English dictionary

• nagging — adjective 1) his nagging wife Syn: shrewish, complaining, grumbling, fault finding, scolding, carping, criticizing 2) a nagging pain Syn: persistent, continuous, niggling, unrelenting …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pain — I n. sensation of suffering 1) to cause pain 2) to inflict pain on 3) to bear, endure, stand, take pain (she cannot stand any pain) 4) to feel, experience, suffer pain (she experienced constant pain) 5) to allay, alleviate, dull, ease, kill,… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pain — noun 1 physical pain ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, agonizing, awful, blinding, excruciating, extreme, great, immense, intense, severe …   Collocations dictionary

• nagging — nag|ging [ nægıŋ ] adjective only before noun 1. ) affecting you in an unpleasant way for a long time and difficult to get rid of: a nagging doubt/fear/pain a nagging injury/cough/headache 2. ) frequently asking or telling someone to do something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• nagging — adj. Nagging is used with these nouns: ↑ache, ↑anxiety, ↑doubt, ↑fear, ↑feeling, ↑injury, ↑pain, ↑sense, ↑suspicion, ↑wife, ↑worry …   Collocations dictionary