📖 Definitions of "Niggling"
verb
- 1
To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
- 2
To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
- 3
To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
- 4
To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
noun
- 1
A sensation that niggles.
adjective
- 1
Petty
🔄 Synonyms of "Niggling"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| trivialnoun | Ignorable; of little significance or value. |
| pettynoun | (often derogatory) Having little or no importance. |
| picayunenoun | Of little consequence; small and of little importance; petty, trivial. |
| littlenoun | Small in size. |
| piddling | Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless. |
| piffling | (informal) petty; unimportant |
| fiddlingnoun | The playing of music on a fiddle. |
| unimportant | petty; not important or noteworthy |
| footlingnoun | trivial, silly and irritating. |
| lilliputiannoun | Very small, diminutive |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Niggling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fiddlingnoun | The playing of music on a fiddle. |
| footlingnoun | trivial, silly and irritating. |
| piffling | (informal) petty; unimportant |
| piddling | Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless. |
| trivialnoun | Ignorable; of little significance or value. |
| unimportant | petty; not important or noteworthy |
| pettynoun | (often derogatory) Having little or no importance. |
| littlenoun | Small in size. |
| lilliputiannoun | Very small, diminutive |
| picayunenoun | Of little consequence; small and of little importance; petty, trivial. |
| quibbly | Fussy; quibbling. |
| nigglesome | Characterised or marked by niggling |
| niggly | Pernickety, paying too much attention to small details. |
| semantic | Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. |
| petitnoun | (printing, dated, French and German contexts) Synonym of brevier. |
| nidging | trifling |
| petitenoun | (genetics) A mutant first discovered in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, forming small colonies when grown in the presence of fermentable carbon sources such as glucose. |
| nattery | (informal) talkative; chatty |
| nagsome | Characterised or marked by nagging |
| naggingnoun | The action of the verb nag. |
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