different between berate vs nag
berate
English
Etymology
be- +? rate (“to scold, upbraid”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b???e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)
- (transitive) to chide or scold vehemently
- 1896, Gilbert Parker, Seats Of The Mighty, ch. 13:
- Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.
- 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands, ch. 14:
- Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.
- 2008, Alex Perry, "The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time, 27 Nov.:
- During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]
- France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.
- 1896, Gilbert Parker, Seats Of The Mighty, ch. 13:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Related terms
- beration
Translations
Anagrams
- Bartee, beater, betear, erbate, rebate, rebeat
German
Verb
berate
- inflection of beraten:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
berate From the web:
- what berated means
- what beraten means
- berate what is the definition
- what does elaborate mean
- what do berate mean
- what does berate mean in spanish
- what does berated mean
nag
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?næ?/
- (North American also) IPA(key): /ne??/, IPA(key): /n??/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English nagge, cognate with Dutch negge.
Noun
nag (plural nags)
- A small horse; a pony.
- An old, useless horse.
- Synonyms: (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) aver, dobbin, hack, jade, plug
- (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
- Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, III. x. 11:
Coordinate terms
- (old useless horse): bum (racing)
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from a North Germanic source; compare Swedish nagga (“to gnaw, grumble”), Danish nage, Icelandic nagga (“to complain”).
Verb
nag (third-person singular simple present nags, present participle nagging, simple past and past participle nagged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
- Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda! (From Amanda! by Robin Klein)
- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
- a nagging pain in his left knee
- a nagging north wind
Synonyms
- (continually remind or complain): ride
- (bother with thoughts or memories): haunt
- (persistently bother or annoy): worry
Derived terms
- nag screen
- nagware
Related terms
- gnaw
Translations
Noun
nag (plural nags)
- Someone or something that nags.
- A repeated complaint or reminder.
- A persistent, bothersome thought or worry
Synonyms
- (person who nags): See Thesaurus:shrew
Derived terms
- nagless
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
nag
- Misspelling of knack.
References
- nag at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nag in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- AGN, ANG, GAN, GNA, GaN, Gan, NGA, gan
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch nacht (“night”), from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na?/
Noun
nag (plural nagte)
- The period between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark; night.
- (countable) darkness.
Colán
Noun
nag
- moon
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?
- Rhymes: -a??
Noun
nag n (singular definite naget, not used in plural form)
- grudge
Derived terms
- bære nag
Verb
nag
- imperative of nage
Gaikundi
Noun
nag
- sago
Further reading
- Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?k
Verb
nag
- singular imperative of nagen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of nagen
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâ??/
Adjective
n?g (definite n?g?, Cyrillic spelling ????)
- naked
Declension
Synonyms
- g?l, g?
Derived terms
- nág?st
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nag?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nog?ós (“naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ná?k/
Adjective
n?g (not comparable)
- naked
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- gòl (more formal)
Derived terms
- nágost
Further reading
- “nag”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nek?e, a combination of Proto-Indo-European *ne (negative particle) and *-k?e (“and”); compare Latin neque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na?/
Particle
nag
- not (in answers and tag questions)
Usage notes
Used before a vowel, but not when that vowel has resulted from the soft mutation of g. Thus na + gallan becomes na allan, not *nag allan.
Alternative forms
- na (used before a consonant)
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na???/
Noun
nag
- rain
Derived terms
- los nag
Wolof
Noun
nag (definite form nag wi)
- cow, cattle
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *na?k? (“otter”). Cognate with Thai ??? (nâak), Ahom ???????????? (nak).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /na?k?/
- Tone numbers: nag8
- Hyphenation: nag
Noun
nag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography nag)
- otter
- Synonym: duznag
nag From the web:
- what nagging means
- what naggy means
- what naga means
- what nagging does to a relationship
- what national day is it
- what ng mean
- what nagging cough
- what bags
you may also like
- berate vs nag
- berate vs tightwad
- berate vs guile
- discipline vs berate
- burt vs ernie
- queen vs quite
- queen vs amazon
- crown vs queen
- queen vs countess
- rani vs queen
- dutchess vs queen
- goddess vs queen
- queen vs monarchess
- lords vs queen
- approximately vs quite
- estimate vs approximately
- approximately vs approximatively
- round vs approximately
- close vs approximately
- clos vs approximately