Niggle

Quick meaning: Niggle is a noun meaning A minor complaint or problem.

Meaning

A minor complaint or problem.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, obsolete) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
2. (transitive) To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
3. (intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
4. (intransitive, chiefly UK) To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
5. (intransitive, UK, dialect, archaic) To walk with short steps.
6. (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.

Example Sentences

I can see him now with his one eye closed as he came niggling along, and didn't he just give me a grandfather's blessing!

I shall so feed your fierce vexation , And raise your worship ' s storms ; I shall so niggle you , And juggle you , and fiddle you , and firk you

He declared that it would take until the early New Year for all the faults and niggles to be ironed out, and that the rest of 2019 would be deemed to be a 'bedding in' period.

The Olympic medal contender's back problem has been described as a "niggle" by the head coach, Charles van Commenee, but Porter's friend and former team-mate Danielle Carruthers revealed that the injury is playing on the Briton's mind.

Word Forms

• niggles
• niggling
• niggled

Synonyms for niggle

Depending on context, synonyms include quibble, cavil, nitpick, fret, fuss, squabble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fuss, pettifog, quibble, brabble, bicker, squabble.

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