niggling

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnigglingnig‧gling /ˈnɪɡəlɪŋ/ adjective 1 → niggling doubt/worry/suspicion etc2 a niggling injury or problem is a slight one that does not go awayExamples from the Corpusniggling• We flew back to Heathrow; it had not been a happy trip for me, full of niggling and snide remarks.• There was, however, a niggling doubt in the minds of some of the jurors.• The suspect seemed to have proved his innocence, but a niggling doubt remained in my mind.• a niggling doubt• Always, in the background, in the dim recesses of her mind, there had been that niggling doubt.• However, the fabulous goal-kicker is now much more mobile than he was last year when a niggling groin injury affected him.• Croft took a year's sabbatical to recover from a string of niggling injuries and is now raring to go again.• Another niggling problem is their inconsistent approach to repeats.• Lowell felt a niggling sense of betrayal.• Nor did it remove the niggling suspicion that Isabel was hiding something.• I couldn't shake off a niggling worry. Had I forgotten to lock the office door?

单词	niggling
释义	niggling From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnigglingnig‧gling /ˈnɪɡəlɪŋ/ adjective 1 → niggling doubt/worry/suspicion etc2 a niggling injury or problem is a slight one that does not go awayExamples from the Corpusniggling• We flew back to Heathrow; it had not been a happy trip for me, full of niggling and snide remarks.• There was, however, a niggling doubt in the minds of some of the jurors.• The suspect seemed to have proved his innocence, but a niggling doubt remained in my mind.• a niggling doubt• Always, in the background, in the dim recesses of her mind, there had been that niggling doubt.• However, the fabulous goal-kicker is now much more mobile than he was last year when a niggling groin injury affected him.• Croft took a year's sabbatical to recover from a string of niggling injuries and is now raring to go again.• Another niggling problem is their inconsistent approach to repeats.• Lowell felt a niggling sense of betrayal.• Nor did it remove the niggling suspicion that Isabel was hiding something.• I couldn't shake off a niggling worry. Had I forgotten to lock the office door?
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