Niggling
10 definitions retrieved  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]  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" [syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]  niggling [nigliŋ] trödelnd  niggling akadékoskodás akadékoskodó aprólékosankidolgozott aprólékoskodó aprólékosság bíbelôdés jelentéktelen kicsinyeskedô közösülés nemfontos okvetetlenkedés pepecselés részletekbenelveszô részletesenkidolgozott szôrszálhasogatás szûklátókörû  niggling krittelnd; herumkrittelnd; herumkritisierend; nörgelnd niggling plagend; zu schaffen machend; quälend niggling trödelnd  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 Niggling related |
|||
Random Words
Ponton bridge, Supermann, Spick and span, Screw jack, Garand, BBCNetworkingClub, Writ, Jay, Dyphylleia, Tofarmlet, Right sailing, Toruboff, WinstonS.Churchill, EtherTalk, Associate in Arts, Prepare, Straddling, Equaltemperament, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Tainted, Happy family, The other day, Pilgrim fathers, Prügel, Snail clover Popular Words Webster Dictionary, Online Dictionary, Spanish Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Internet Dictonary, Web Dictionary, Dictionary Websters Online, Dream Dictionary, English - Spanish Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, Translate English To Spanish, Translate Germany, Copyrights: Gcide, Gazetteer, en-de, Devil's D., Freedict: GNU General Public License 2 or later FOLDOC, VERA: GNU General Public License 1.1 or later Moby-thesaurus, Jargon, Hitchcock, Bouvier, Elements, Easton: Public Domain WordNet: Princeton University
Type your search term into the input field and press the 'Search' button!
|
Copyright © 2005 domains-und-mehr.de; All rights reserved!