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To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety

To bother with persistent thoughts or memories

Show unnecessary or excessive concern about something

To quibble over trivial matters

To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner

A trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance

A trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance

Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof

A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U

An unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury

A subject or matter that engrosses someone

Lack of consensus, agreement or approval

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Verb

To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

find fault with

be hypercritical

raise trivial objections

refine a distinction

argue over nothing

sharpen a distinction

make a fine distinction

beat about the bush

raise trivial objections to

be on at someone

jump down one's throat

inveigh against

complain vehemently about

kick up a fuss about

sound off about

bellyache about

kick up a stink about

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Verb

Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety

find fault with

be on your back

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

get across someone

rub the wrong way

give someone the hump

get on one's nerves

put on the spot

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

drive up the wall

throw off balance

put someone off their stroke

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

throw into a tizz

put into a flap

throw into tizzy

work into lather

get under one's skin

make someone's blood boil

put someone's back up

send into a rage

try one's patience

take a rise out of

put someone out

try someone's patience

get in someone's hair

get someone's back up

get on someone's nerves

get a rise out of

hit where one lives

make blood boil

give a hard time

get under your skin

get in your hair

get your back up

run up the wrong way

make someone see red

drive to distraction

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

drive round the bend

get on your wick

put your back up

rub you up the wrong way

give someone grief

give someone a hard time

get up your nose

get your dander up

try your patience

tick someone off

be a pain in the neck

put your nose out of joint

arouse hostility in

give the business

drive you up the wall

wind somebody up

get on somebody's nerves

get your hackles up

rub one the wrong way

put someone's nose out of joint

raise your hackles

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

make your blood boil

be on the back of

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“Somehow, though, she planted this little seed of doubt which has niggled away at me.”

Verb

To bother with persistent thoughts or memories

weigh heavily on

cause anxiety to

prey on your mind

prey on one's mind

give a bad time

cause discomfort to

cause concern to

make uncomfortable

give a hard time

give someone grief

drive up the wall

throw off balance

cause anguish to

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

be on one's case

cause suffering to

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Verb

Show unnecessary or excessive concern about something

make a big thing of

make a big thing out of

make a mountain out of a molehill

make a thing of

throw off balance

give a hard time

give someone grief

make uncomfortable

cause anxiety to

put someone off their stroke

cause disquiet to

set someone back on their heels

make someone scratch their head

cause concern to

drive up the wall

give a bad time

cause discomfort to

hurt somebody's feelings

send over the edge

work someone up

put yourself out

take the trouble

make a fuss about

put oneself out

be concerned about

go out of one's way

go to the trouble of

cause suffering to

cause anguish to

arouse anxiety in

be on one's case

make it tough for

be the matter with

fill with consternation

put the wind up someone

throw into a tizzy

give someone a turn

throw into confusion

pull the rug out from under

throw into uproar

pull the rug from under

throw into disorder

become flustered

be a great weight on

give someone a hard time

go into a panic

press the panic button

be in a twitter

get into a state

put off balance

blind someone with something

psych someone out

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

send into a spin

knock props out

hit a sour note

make despondent

make downhearted

cause to lose heart

put a damper on

break one's heart

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Verb

To quibble over trivial matters

Verb

To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner

do nothing much

muck about with

fool around with

muck around with

tinker at the edges of

work amateurishly on

play around with

potter about with

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

mess around with

fool about with

mess about with

tinker with the edges of

adjust slightly

play about with

amuse oneself with

play games with

touch without permission

handle without permission

scratch the surface of

potter around with

potter round with

work superficially

fiddle around with

fiddle about with

eat like a bird

treat frivolously

treat in a cavalier fashion

play fast and loose with

play ducks and drakes with

think idly about

argue the pros and cons of

entertain the possibility of

have thoughts about

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Noun

A trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance

adverse comment

minor criticism

trivial complaint

trivial objection

pain in the bum

pain in the backside

chip on your shoulder

pain in the rear

cause of distress

pain in the neck

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“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.”

Noun

A trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance

lack of confidence

second thoughts

reconsideration

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

pangs of conscience

twinge of conscience

apprehensiveness

pang of conscience

reconsiderations

punctiliousness

twinges of conscience

guilty conscience

feelings of guilt

stab of conscience

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Noun

Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof

dissatisfaction

counter-argument

statement of opposition

formal complaint

taking exception

bone of contention

argument against

difficulty with

statement of dissatisfaction

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Noun

A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U

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Noun

An unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury

painful feeling

painful sensation

muscular contraction

muscle contraction

circumscription

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A subject or matter that engrosses someone

bee in your bonnet

bee in one's bonnet

mental disturbance

preoccupation with

irrational fear

overwhelming anxiety about

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Noun

Lack of consensus, agreement or approval

difference of opinion

lack of agreement

counter-argument

inharmoniousness

internal strife

conflict of opinion

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