niggling
a . 为琐事操心的;萎缩的
为琐事操心的;萎缩的
niggling adj 1 : (
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 " [
synonym : {
fiddling }, {
footling }, {
lilliputian },
{
little }, {
niggling }, {
piddling }, {
piffling }, {
petty },
{
picayune }, {
trivial }]
Niggling \
Nig "
gling \,
a .
1 .
petty ,
trivial ,
or inconsequential .
[
PJC ]
2 .
Excessively demanding of time or attention ;
as ,
niggling little details .
[
PJC ]
niggling \
nig "
gling \,
n .
Finicky or pottering work ;
specif . (
Fine Arts ),
Minute and very careful workmanship in drawing ,
painting ,
or the like ,
esp .
when bestowed on unimportant detail .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Niggle \
Nig "
gle \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Niggled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Niggling }.] [
Dim .
of Prov .
E .
nig to clip money ;
cf .
also Prov .
E .
nig a small piece .]
To trifle with ;
to deceive ;
to mock . [
Obs .] --
Beau . &
Fl .
[
1913 Webster ]
115 Moby Thesaurus words for "
niggling ":
Mickey Mouse ,
adverse criticism ,
advertent ,
agog ,
alert ,
all ears ,
all eyes ,
animadversion ,
annoying ,
aspersion ,
assiduous ,
attentive ,
aware ,
bad notices ,
bad press ,
captious ,
captiousness ,
careful ,
carping ,
cavil ,
caviling ,
censoriousness ,
concentrated ,
conscious ,
critical ,
criticism ,
cynical ,
diligent ,
earnest ,
exception ,
faultfinding ,
finical ,
finicking ,
finicky ,
flak ,
frivolous ,
fussy ,
hairsplitting ,
heedful ,
hit ,
home thrust ,
hostile criticism ,
hypercritical ,
hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism ,
imputation ,
inconsequential ,
insignificant ,
intense ,
intent ,
intentive ,
irksome ,
irritating ,
jerkwater ,
knock ,
measly ,
meticulous ,
mindful ,
nagging ,
nice ,
niggle ,
nit ,
nit -
picking ,
nugatory ,
obloquy ,
observant ,
observing ,
on the ball ,
on the job ,
one -
horse ,
open -
eared ,
open -
eyed ,
openmouthed ,
overcritical ,
overcriticalness ,
paltry ,
peanut ,
pestering ,
pettifogging ,
petty ,
picayune ,
picayunish ,
piddling ,
piffling ,
poky ,
priggishness ,
punk ,
puny ,
quibble ,
quibbling ,
rap ,
reflection ,
regardful ,
reproachfulness ,
slam ,
small -
beer ,
small -
time ,
stricture ,
swipe ,
taking exception ,
tinhorn ,
trichoschistic ,
trichoschistism ,
trifling ,
trivial ,
troublesome ,
two -
bit ,
two -
by -
four ,
ultracritical ,
unimportant ,
vexatious ,
vexing ,
watchful ,
worrisome ,
worrying
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