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Synonyms for harping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahr-ping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr pɪŋ



Définition of harping

Origin :
  • Old English hearpian; see harp (n.). Cognate with Middle Dutch, Dutch harpen, Middle High German harpfen, German harfen. Figurative sense of "talk overmuch" (about something) first recorded mid-15c., originally to harp upon one string. Related: Harped; harping.
  • verb nag
Example sentences :
  • I wish you are not indeed angry with me for harping so much on one string.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Nothing else could have such a fatal facility for harping on one string.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • "I don't see the use of your harping on that affair," said Hardman angrily.
  • Extract from : « Klondike Nuggets » by E. S. Ellis
  • I can't see why you keep on harping on his fitness for the place.
  • Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman
  • Digging and mining will be done; so will harping and singing.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
  • This was a danger, but I did not choose to make it worse by harping on it.
  • Extract from : « The Reckoning » by Robert W. Chambers
  • She was especially fond of harping on the threat of leaving Golovliovo.
  • Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov
  • Oswald was fretful and fitful, and he said that he cared not for harping.
  • Extract from : « Ulric the Jarl » by William O. Stoddard
  • Then came the blacksmith business and the songs and the harping.
  • Extract from : « Ned, the son of Webb » by William O. Stoddard
  • Fat was the feasting, and loud was the harping, in the halls of Alef, King of Gweek.
  • Extract from : « Cornish Saints and Sinners » by J. Henry Harris

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