Definitions for niggling



Overview of verb niggle

The verb niggle has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fuss, niggle, fret

(worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren

2. quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble

(argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies")


Overview of adj niggling

The adj niggling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

((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")

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