niggling English

Meaning niggling meaning

What does niggling mean?

niggling

— adjective (= fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, piffling, petty, picayune) (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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trivial

petty

piddling

trifling

piffling

picayune

paltry

little

fiddling

unimportant

troublesome

potty

lilliputian

insignificant

footling

vacuous

uninfluential

unimpressive

unimposing

unessential

timid

subfusc

small-time

slight

slender

shy

shrimpy

sheepish

purportless

pettifogging

pesky

onerous

null

nugatory

nonessential

no-count

no-account

niggly

nickel-and-dime

negligible

minor

meaningless

maddening

limited

invalid

inconsiderable

inconsequential

immaterial

idle

futile

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