'Niggle' definitions:
Definition of 'niggle'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Niggle'
From: GCIDE
- Niggle \Nig"gle\, v. i.
- 1. To trifle or play. [1913 Webster]
- Take heed, daughter, You niggle not with your conscience and religion. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To act or walk mincingly. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fret and snarl about trifles. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Chiefly Eng.)
- 1. To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 5. To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to work with excessive care for trifling details, as in painting. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Niggle'
From: GCIDE
- Niggle \Nig"gle\, v. t.
- 1. To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. To elaborate excessively, as in art. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Niggle'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'niggle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adverse criticism,
- animadversion,
- aspersion,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- bitch,
- bug,
- captiousness,
- carp,
- carp at,
- carping,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- complain,
- criticism,
- criticize,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- find fault,
- flak,
- fret at,
- fuss,
- fuss at,
- grouse,
- hairsplitting,
- hassle,
- henpeck,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- imputation,
- knock,
- kvetch,
- nag,
- nagging,
- nibble at,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- obloquy,
- overcriticalness,
- peck at,
- pester,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- pick at,
- pick on,
- priggishness,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- reflection,
- reproachfulness,
- slam,
- stricture,
- swipe,
- taking exception,
- trichoschistism,
- yap at