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niggling

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nig·gling  (nglng)
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.

niggling n.
niggling·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.nigglingniggling - (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
adj personkritt(e)lig (inf), → überkritisch; question, doubt, painbohrend, quälend; injurylästig; detailpingelig (inf); feelingungut
nKritteln nt, → Meckern nt (inf)
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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