niggling

Letters that make niggling

g, l, n, i are letters that make 'niggling'

Words within niggling

Lin, ng, li, in, ling, IN, In, Li, Ni, Ig, IgG are words within 'niggling'


1 possible definitions for 'niggling'

Niggling as "(informal) small and of little importance"

Under this definition, niggling is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fiddling, petty, footling, lilliputian, little, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial have the same meaning as 'niggling'

niggling Usage

'niggling' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Derivatives of niggling

triviality, trivia, trifle, pettiness, littleness, smallness, puniness, trivialize, trivialise, small beer, slightness are derivatives of 'niggling'.

Similar to niggling

unimportant is similar to niggling.

Example of niggling used within this context

"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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