niggling

Plural: nigglings

Verb

• worry unnecessarily or excessively
• argue over petty things
• present participle and gerund of niggle

Adjective Satellite

• (informal) small and of little importance
  • "a dispute over niggling details"

Adj

• Petty
• Irritating.

Noun

• Petty or meticulous work requiring excessive attention to detail.
• A small irritating sensation.

Examples

• The Words With Friends player spent an hour on a niggle, trying to find a six-letter word when a simple two-letter hook would have sufficed.

Synonyms

bicker, brabble, fiddling, footling, fret, fuss, lilliputian, little, niggle, pettifog, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, quibble, squabble, trivial

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