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niggling
nig·gling N0101300 (nĭg′lĭng)adj. Annoying, troubling, or irritating in a petty way: a pointless dispute over niggling details.
nig′gling·ly adv.niggling (ˈnɪɡlɪŋ) adj1. petty2. fussy3. irritating4. requiring painstaking work5. persistently troubling: a niggling back pain. nan act or instance of niggling ˈnigglingly advnig•gling (ˈnɪg lɪŋ)
adj. 1. petty; trivial; inconsequential. 2. demanding too much care, attention, time, etc. [1590–1600] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | niggling - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"fiddling, footling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, littlecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechunimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" |
nigglingadjective1. irritating, troubling, persistent, bothersome Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.2. petty, minor, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, fussy, quibbling, picky (informal), piddling (informal), nit-picking (informal), finicky, pettifogging They started having tiffs about the most niggling little things.nigglingadjectiveContemptibly unimportant:inconsiderable, negligible, nugatory, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, small, small-minded, trifling.Slang: measly.Idiom: of no account.Translationsniggling
niggle about (someone or something)To make petty, trivial, or minor complaints about someone or something. The couple at table 22 has been niggling about their meal since the moment they sat down. Tom's always niggling about his boss, but I know he'll never stand up to her.See also: niggleniggle (with one) over (something)To fuss or argue (with one) over something petty, trivial, or unimportant. Look, I had a wonderful evening with you. Let's not ruin it by niggling over who pays what portion of the bill. We've been niggling with their lawyers about some of the finer points of the contract, but we still expect everything to be ready on time.See also: niggle, overniggling
Synonyms for nigglingadj irritatingSynonyms- irritating
- troubling
- persistent
- bothersome
adj pettySynonyms- petty
- minor
- trifling
- insignificant
- unimportant
- fussy
- quibbling
- picky
- piddling
- nit-picking
- finicky
- pettifogging
Synonyms for nigglingadj contemptibly unimportantSynonyms- inconsiderable
- negligible
- nugatory
- paltry
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- small
- small-minded
- trifling
- measly
Synonyms for nigglingadj (informal) small and of little importanceSynonyms- fiddling
- footling
- picayune
- piddling
- piffling
- trivial
- petty
- lilliputian
- little
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