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    niggling
    /ˈnɪɡəlɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety: "niggling aches and pains"

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  2. worrying someone slightly or causing them slight pain, usually for a long time: a niggling doubt / fear. He has a niggling hip injury, which has troubled him on and off over the past year. Fewer examples. She doesn't want to solve all the niggling little problems that users come up with. I have constant niggling pains in my shoulders.

  3. The meaning of NIGGLING is petty; also : bothersome or persistent especially in a petty or tiresome way. How to use niggling in a sentence.

  4. Niggling is an adjective that means a slight feeling of worry or pain that does not go away. Learn how to use it in sentences, synonyms, and pronunciation with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

  5. to criticize someone about small details or give too much attention to details: She niggles endlessly over the exact pronunciation. The accounts department is niggling me for ten pence they say I owe them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. niggle. noun [ C ] uk / ˈnɪɡ. ə l / us / ˈnɪɡ. ə l /

  6. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A niggling injury or worry is small but bothers you over a long period of time. Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries. ...a niggling worry that the cheap car is also the one that will cause endless trouble.

  7. Niggling definition: petty; trivial; inconsequential. See examples of NIGGLING used in a sentence.

  8. Definitions of niggling. adjective. (informal) small and of little importance. “a dispute over niggling details”. synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial. unimportant.