nig·gling (n g lng)adj. 1. Petty, especially in a nagging or annoying way; trifling: a pointless dispute over niggling details. 2. Overly concerned with details; exacting and fussy. nig gling n.nig gling·ly adv. |
niggling [ˈnɪglɪŋ]
adj
1. petty
2. fussy
3. irritating
4. requiring painstaking work
n
an act or instance of niggling
nigglingly adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech unimportant - not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" |
niggling
adjective
1. 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.
Translations
niggling [ˈnɪglɪŋ]
A. ADJ [detail] → engorroso; [doubt, suspicion] → persistente, constante; [injury] → molesto, molestoso(LAm); [person] → quisquilloso
B. N (= complaints) → quejas fpl
niggling [ˈnɪglɪŋ] adj
[doubt, worry] → persistant(e)
[pain, injury] → qui se réveille régulièrement
[detail] → insignifiant(e)
niggling [ˈnɪglɪŋ] adj (detail) → insignificante; (doubt, pain) → persistente; (person) → pignolo/a
niggling [ˈnɪglɪŋ] adj (detail) → insignificante; (doubt, pain) → persistente; (person) → pignolo/a
niggling [ˈnɪglɪŋ] adj (detail) → insignificante; (doubt, pain) → persistente; (person) → pignolo/a
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