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Niggling

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Definitions for Niggling

adjective
(informal) small and of little importance
Synonyms
fiddling footling lilliputian little piddling piffling petty picayune trivial
Examples
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
verb
worry unnecessarily or excessively
Synonyms
fuss niggle fret
Examples
  1. don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
verb
argue over petty things
Synonyms
quibble niggle pettifog bicker squabble brabble
Examples
  1. Let's not quibble over pennies

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