badgered
Nagged without stopping
Badgered means persistently pestered or harassed, from the blood sport of baiting badgers with dogs.
Someone who is badgered has been subjected to repeated demands, questions, or pressure: She badgered him until he agreed to help.
The word suggests wearing someone down through relentless nagging rather than a single confrontation.
Complained repeatedly at someone
- houndedPersistently pursued or pressured
- pesteredAnnoyed with persistence
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- hassledPersistently annoyed
bullied · tormented · hectored · heckled · berated · browbeaten · harangued · persecuted
Slightly angered or bothered
- vexedAnnoyed or much-debated
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
worn down · fed up · at wits end · frazzled · stressed · overwhelmed · beleaguered · beset
Continuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- doggedStubbornly persevering
determined · stubborn · obstinate · importunate · incessant · constant · repeated · continuous
nagged
Complained repeatedly at someone
- houndedPersistently pursued or pressured
- pesteredAnnoyed with persistence
- pressuredUrged with insistence
hassled · bullied · tormented · hectored · heckled · berated · browbeaten · harangued · persecuted · plagued
irritated
Slightly angered or bothered
- vexedAnnoyed or much-debated
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
frustrated · worn down · fed up · at wits end · frazzled · stressed · overwhelmed · beleaguered · beset · troubled
relentless
Continuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
dogged · determined · stubborn · obstinate · importunate · incessant · constant · repeated · continuous · tireless
badgeredleft alone
Not interfered with
unbothered · let be · unpressured · ignored · unbadgered
badgeredpleased
Feeling satisfaction or joy
at ease · content · comfortable · relaxed · untroubled
- honey badgersFierce African weasel relatives
- honey badger don't care
- badger brushBristled lathering implement
- American badgerFlat-bodied North American carnivore