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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Niggling \Nig"gling\, a.
     1. petty, trivial, or inconsequential.
        [PJC]
  
     2. Excessively demanding of time or attention; as, niggling
        little details.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  niggling
       adj : (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse
             regulations"; "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" [syn: fiddling,
              footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, piddling,
              piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  niggling
     a.
     1 petty
     2 irritating.
     n.
     A small irritating sensation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en niggle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  niggling
     a.
     1 petty
     2 irritating.
     n.
     A small irritating sensation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en niggle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  niggling
     a.
     1 petty
     2 irritating.
     n.
     A small irritating sensation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en niggle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  niggling
     a.
     1 petty
     2 irritating.
     n.
     A small irritating sensation.
     vb.
     (present participle of en niggle nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  niggling
     Englanti a.
     kalvava, kiusallinen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm n iggle ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  niggling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en niggle ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Niggling /nˈɪɡlɪŋ/
  السفسفة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  niggling /nˈɪɡlɪŋ/
  otravování