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Definition of niggle in English: niggleverb ˈnɪɡ(ə)lˈnɪɡəl [no object]1Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety. Doreen wanted to discuss matters that niggled at her mind Example sentencesExamples - There's something unnerving about her, it niggles at me.
- It just niggled at me, and I thought I'd say something.
- One thing that niggled at his mind was the bruises that covered her body.
- So I made my way to our meeting ready to hammer them down, but my sense of fair play niggled at me.
- It has always niggled at me about birds nest soup, how someone got the idea that climbing a 40 foot pole into a cave and removing a nest made of bird spittle and putting it in a broth would somehow be a good idea.
- It found a crack of discontentment and niggled away at it, and in the sleepy village of Worsthorne, three miles from the deprived and run-down central housing estates of Burnley, it found a response.
- But I have to admit, no noise is better than constant, niggling, riling, infuriating noise.
- I told her that I would let her know but something was niggling in the back of my mind that perhaps I had already committed to another invite.
- It niggles, though; I did cut corners, and I don't like it.
- No I don't, but it's one of those things that is niggling at the back of my mind.
- She hears it every day, niggling and nagging in the back of her mind, reminding her that she failed.
- Over the years this conundrum has niggled and niggled, and some pretty heavyweight theoretical physicists tried to prove Stephen wrong.
- I was about to reserve a nine-night all-inclusive package to Jamaica during the second week of March when something inside niggled until it came to me.
- He had laughed at her for staring at him and she had blushed and hit him on the arm but the feeling was still niggling at her mind.
- It's always there, sitting at the back of your mind, niggling away at you.
- An insistent whisper niggles at his mind, and for a moment, the wind dies down.
- Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things.
- Somehow, though, she planted this little seed of doubt which has niggled away at me.
- But they also had a penchant for niggling and appeared very adept at winning penalties for laying on by effectively holding the tackler on top.
- Yet he had planted the thought and it niggled in her mind.
Synonyms irritate, annoy, worry, trouble, bother, provoke, exasperate, upset, gall, irk, rankle with informal rile, get up someone's nose, hack off, get, get to, bug - 1.1with object Criticize or annoy (someone) in a petty way.
people niggling me for doing too much work Synonyms complain, object, moan, fuss, nag, carp, cavil, find fault, grumble, grouse informal nitpick
noun ˈnɪɡ(ə)lˈnɪɡəl A trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance. it is an excellent book except for my few niggles he can only throw underarm at the moment because of a niggle Example sentencesExamples - However, apart from these niggles, the Monster is great fun to ride and is the perfect first big bike’.
- Whistling a quick tune or two can really help you keep a positive frame of mind when life's little niggles get to you.
- It may be something as simple as an annoying niggle, or frustration with his own efforts, but whatever it is, England need to resolve it soon if they are to win this series - and to have any chance of defeating the Australians in the summer.
- I'm not even sure that you'd have to like children to enjoy this, because it has a distinctly adult tone that frequently addresses the Big Issues in life, as well as its little niggles.
- In the light of that, my little niggles and the odd feelings of unhappiness seem pretty trivial.
- Now the big all-rounder may be sidelined for up to three months to cure his latest injury and fully recover from a series of niggles which have hampered him throughout the season.
- I could find only two niggles - a really naff piece of thick shiny plastic piping that traversed the dashboard, and a black hole underneath the audio system that left the display looking unfinished.
- But there has, in the past, been some niggles, such as the often interminable hassle of getting money for goods and services out of some Arab nations.
- It just made impatient about having to wait four weeks before being allowed to leave all my niggles and gripes behind.
- ‘He's had a couple of niggles, but he will run again soon, though we have to be patient with him, just as we are patient with all our horses,’ said Alexander.
- The memory of dining and walking in that glorious Danesfield setting will long outlast any reviewer's niggles, particularly as you aren't being paid to notice them.
- Aside from one or two niggles, which are expected to clear up in time, Kay is looking at a fairly healthy squad which he is hoping will have benefited from two heavy training sessions during the festive period.
- These are minor niggles though and the US Robotics device has stood the test of time, proving it's still a sturdy base on which to build a network around your broadband connection.
- Yet despite the niggles and inconveniences morale remained high and 48 hours later with a tired crew and tired actors David approached the final scenes with the same unwavering enthusiasm and precision of the previous day.
- He's got until next March, the street date for his Lion Hearts album, to sort these minor niggles out.
- If there is a niggle, it's that disc one of the two-disc set doesn't have enough on it to properly reflect the scope of Death in Vegas’ work.
- I knew this was a good horse and this is the first time we have had a clear run with him as he has had various niggles and muscle problems.
- The City manager has given his players the weekend off in the absence of a fixture and said: ‘They need a couple of days off to get over niggles and knocks.’
- Minor niggles like that aside, it's the safety aspect which bothers me.
- But with niggles aplenty and late tackles proliferating, it was little surprise that Rutherford and Ruthven were to exchange penalties for dubious tackles throughout the game.
Synonyms minor criticism, quibble, trivial objection, trivial complaint, adverse comment, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil informal gripe, beef, grouch, nitpicking archaic pettifogging
Derivatives adverbˈnɪɡ(ə)lɪŋliˈnɪɡ(ə)lɪŋli The crowd is not even daring to be expectant, bitten too many times by false hope, but there was a new energy about the Kingz last time on this field, so in the stands there is only a nigglingly small doubt that the team will lose. Example sentencesExamples - He still finds reading nigglingly annoying, and hates most television.
- It's a fine scene, but nigglingly off centre in a few important details.
adjective ˈnɪɡliˈnɪɡ(ə)li 1Causing slight but persistent discomfort or anxiety. he has had a niggly injury which he is now over Example sentencesExamples - a niggly worry
- It got a bit silly and niggly at times as they tried to break us mentally and drag us down to their level.
- We had a couple of niggly little things wrong with the car, I came up against traffic on my fast laps and then the rain came.
- We know that there are plenty of you out there with niggly little problems, whether it's boy/girlfriend trouble, moral quandaries, or just your everyday London questions.
- we get very niggly with each other
- the group faced some niggly questioning
2Denoting or engaging in trivial or irritating criticism.
Origin Early 17th century (in the sense 'do in an ineffectual way'): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian nigla. Current senses date from the late 18th century. Rhymes giggle, higgle, jiggle, sniggle, squiggle, wiggle, wriggle Definition of niggle in US English: niggleverbˈnɪɡəlˈniɡəl [no object]1Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety. a suspicion niggled at the back of her mind Example sentencesExamples - One thing that niggled at his mind was the bruises that covered her body.
- I was about to reserve a nine-night all-inclusive package to Jamaica during the second week of March when something inside niggled until it came to me.
- He had laughed at her for staring at him and she had blushed and hit him on the arm but the feeling was still niggling at her mind.
- Somehow, though, she planted this little seed of doubt which has niggled away at me.
- It found a crack of discontentment and niggled away at it, and in the sleepy village of Worsthorne, three miles from the deprived and run-down central housing estates of Burnley, it found a response.
- It just niggled at me, and I thought I'd say something.
- It has always niggled at me about birds nest soup, how someone got the idea that climbing a 40 foot pole into a cave and removing a nest made of bird spittle and putting it in a broth would somehow be a good idea.
- So I made my way to our meeting ready to hammer them down, but my sense of fair play niggled at me.
- No I don't, but it's one of those things that is niggling at the back of my mind.
- An insistent whisper niggles at his mind, and for a moment, the wind dies down.
- It's always there, sitting at the back of your mind, niggling away at you.
- But they also had a penchant for niggling and appeared very adept at winning penalties for laying on by effectively holding the tackler on top.
- I told her that I would let her know but something was niggling in the back of my mind that perhaps I had already committed to another invite.
- There's something unnerving about her, it niggles at me.
- Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things.
- Yet he had planted the thought and it niggled in her mind.
- But I have to admit, no noise is better than constant, niggling, riling, infuriating noise.
- It niggles, though; I did cut corners, and I don't like it.
- Over the years this conundrum has niggled and niggled, and some pretty heavyweight theoretical physicists tried to prove Stephen wrong.
- She hears it every day, niggling and nagging in the back of her mind, reminding her that she failed.
Synonyms irritate, annoy, worry, trouble, bother, provoke, exasperate, upset, gall, irk, rankle with - 1.1with object Find fault with (someone) in a petty way.
colleagues say he loved to niggle and criticize people Synonyms complain, object, moan, fuss, nag, carp, cavil, find fault, grumble, grouse
nounˈnɪɡəlˈniɡəl A trifling complaint, dispute, or criticism. Example sentencesExamples - I'm not even sure that you'd have to like children to enjoy this, because it has a distinctly adult tone that frequently addresses the Big Issues in life, as well as its little niggles.
- The City manager has given his players the weekend off in the absence of a fixture and said: ‘They need a couple of days off to get over niggles and knocks.’
- Whistling a quick tune or two can really help you keep a positive frame of mind when life's little niggles get to you.
- Now the big all-rounder may be sidelined for up to three months to cure his latest injury and fully recover from a series of niggles which have hampered him throughout the season.
- The memory of dining and walking in that glorious Danesfield setting will long outlast any reviewer's niggles, particularly as you aren't being paid to notice them.
- But there has, in the past, been some niggles, such as the often interminable hassle of getting money for goods and services out of some Arab nations.
- Aside from one or two niggles, which are expected to clear up in time, Kay is looking at a fairly healthy squad which he is hoping will have benefited from two heavy training sessions during the festive period.
- But with niggles aplenty and late tackles proliferating, it was little surprise that Rutherford and Ruthven were to exchange penalties for dubious tackles throughout the game.
- If there is a niggle, it's that disc one of the two-disc set doesn't have enough on it to properly reflect the scope of Death in Vegas’ work.
- It just made impatient about having to wait four weeks before being allowed to leave all my niggles and gripes behind.
- These are minor niggles though and the US Robotics device has stood the test of time, proving it's still a sturdy base on which to build a network around your broadband connection.
- ‘He's had a couple of niggles, but he will run again soon, though we have to be patient with him, just as we are patient with all our horses,’ said Alexander.
- I knew this was a good horse and this is the first time we have had a clear run with him as he has had various niggles and muscle problems.
- I could find only two niggles - a really naff piece of thick shiny plastic piping that traversed the dashboard, and a black hole underneath the audio system that left the display looking unfinished.
- Yet despite the niggles and inconveniences morale remained high and 48 hours later with a tired crew and tired actors David approached the final scenes with the same unwavering enthusiasm and precision of the previous day.
- He's got until next March, the street date for his Lion Hearts album, to sort these minor niggles out.
- Minor niggles like that aside, it's the safety aspect which bothers me.
- In the light of that, my little niggles and the odd feelings of unhappiness seem pretty trivial.
- However, apart from these niggles, the Monster is great fun to ride and is the perfect first big bike’.
- It may be something as simple as an annoying niggle, or frustration with his own efforts, but whatever it is, England need to resolve it soon if they are to win this series - and to have any chance of defeating the Australians in the summer.
Synonyms minor criticism, quibble, trivial objection, trivial complaint, adverse comment, moan, grumble, grouse, cavil
Origin Early 17th century (in the sense ‘do in an ineffectual way’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian nigla. Current senses date from the late 18th century. |