Niggling — synonyms, definition

1. niggling (a)

finical insignificant least nugatory paltry petty piddling puny slightest trifling trivial unimportant valueless vile

2. niggling (Adjective)

fiddling footling lilliputian little picayune piddly piffling

niggling (Adjective) — (informal) small and of little importance. ex. "a dispute over niggling details"

3. niggling (Verb)

bickering brabbling fretting fussing pettifogging quibbling squabbling

niggling (Verb) — Worry unnecessarily or excessively. ex. "don't niggle too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

niggling (Verb) — Argue over petty things. ex. "Let's not niggle over pennies"

arguing contending debating fencing sweating worrying dithering flapping pothering scrupling splitting hairs