Definition of niggling Niggling
nig•gling
We found 6 definitions of niggling from 5 different sources.
Advertising
What does niggling mean?
WordNet
Adjective |
||
| 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, lilliputian, little, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial | ||
| unimportant not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
- niggling (Verb)
Present participle of niggle. - niggling (Adjective)
Petty.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- niggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Niggle
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
-
niggling
Cutting awkwardly, trifling; also accompanying with a woman.
Part of speech
🔤- niggling, verb, gerund of niggle (infinitive).
Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Last searches
Advertising
Advertising