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What is another word for
niggling
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Adjective
Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention
Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Slight or subtle, but nagging or persistent
Small in size, physique or stature
That which remains or persists over time
Noun
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
The action of objecting to something
Verb
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
Present participle for to cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
Present participle for to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner
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Adjective
▲
Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention
petty
trifling
insignificant
piddling
minor
chicken
footling
fussy
inconsequential
inconsiderable
measly
minute
negligible
no-account
nominal
paltry
peanut
picayune
picky
piddly
piffling
pimping
quibbling
slight
trivial
unimportant
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
finicky
frivolous
nit-picking
pettifogging
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
small
nugatory
little
fiddling
incidental
worthless
nickel-and-dime
irrelevant
meaningless
small-fry
inappreciable
foolish
light
immaterial
pointless
of little account
of no account
lightweight
not worth mentioning
of no consequence
minuscule
insubstantial
meagre
UK
superficial
pitiful
meager
US
casual
nonessential
shallow
puny
of little importance
secondary
derisory
lesser
miserable
inessential
pathetic
valueless
of little consequence
not worth bothering about
scanty
minimal
penny-ante
infinitesimal
contemptible
small-bore
poxy
of no importance
silly
mean
exiguous
peripheral
dinky
non-essential
twopenny-halfpenny
tiny
unsubstantial
inferior
senseless
small-time
purportless
base
mingy
ignorable
cheap
idle
flimsy
marginal
useless
shoestring
unessential
two-bit
unnecessary
token
beggarly
subordinate
trite
inadequate
inconsequent
nothing
ineffectual
time-wasting
nondescript
of no moment
of minor importance
minor-league
of no great concern
second-rate
not worth speaking of
low-ranking
lower
poor
wretched
junior
empty
scratch
pitiable
everyday
diminutive
skimpy
hairsplitting
inane
extraneous
bush-league
obscure
uncelebrated
of little import
potty
hair-splitting
common
twopenny
niggly
neglectable
toytown
unconsequential
impractical
subsidiary
peppercorn
casuistic
rinky-dink
sorry
insulting
miserly
insufficient
modest
scant
lean
limited
lousy
outrageous
ridiculous
absurd
ludicrous
laughable
risible
preposterous
hardly worth mentioning
restricted
short
low
deficient
lilliputian
smaller
vain
hollow
loitering
jejune
idling
vapid
insipid
banal
stingy
sparse
slender
scrimpy
neither here nor there
inappropriate
mere
fatuous
puerile
flippant
unhelpful
no big deal
no big thing
no biggie
all the same
small potatoes
two bit
entry level
of no significance
purposeless
flighty
unproductive
trashy
bogus
inutile
unavailing
despicable
mediocre
abandoned
sterile
futile
profitless
barren
abject
waste
drossy
counterproductive
unusable
unprofitable
ignoble
ineffective
empty-headed
without depth
microscopic
beside the point
skin-deep
shabby
unconsiderable
lowly
minimum
humble
scarce
fruitless
reduced
aimless
imperceptible
undistinguished
slim
weak
ancillary
ungenerous
second-class
second-string
unsatisfactory
ordinary
faint
inglorious
subservient
no-good
subnormal
plebeian
sparing
fractional
needless
bootless
wanting
off
low-grade
feeble
scrubby
substandard
unremarkable
junky
of no value
lower-level
lower-class
without rhyme or reason
unpretentious
good-for-nothing
servile
null
tenuous
vague
second-fiddle
fragile
otiose
lame
less important
to no purpose
bad
no use
in vain
third-string
shoddy
superfluous
bush
simple
menial
of no matter
frugal
proletarian
auxiliary
of no use
bottom
unreasonable
thin
supplementary
accessory
mindless
hopeless
low-quality
dubious
doubtful
unimpressive
underprivileged
remote
unsuccessful
outside
chaffy
motiveless
diminished
under
lacking
severe
rough
basal
dependent
smallish
disappointing
forgettable
few
humdrum
feckless
unsound
unfit
plebby
of no benefit
frail
imperfect
lower-ranking
subpar
unacceptable
dissatisfactory
defective
sad
rubbish
low-born
unmemorable
crummy
junk
lemon
suboptimal
lower-grade
unsung
wack
crumby
punk
sour
wrong
ill
second rate
poor-quality
below par
dispensable
unrenowned
tangential
unmeaning
fine
unknown
mild
expendable
commonplace
unfamiliar
wee
demeaning
degrading
inefficacious
unfamous
anonymous
moderate
occasional
less
unheard-of
spare
ignominious
unlikely
frothy
goalless
middling
baseborn
doesn't matter
rare
meritless
undersized
subjacent
wasted
abortive
distant
forgotten
underrepresented
unrefined
unwashed
poorer
unhonoured
small-scale
not valuable
younger
tacky
subaltern
minus
rubbishy
wanky
bitty
nonsensical
vulgar
lowborn
prole
impotent
very little
lower in status
lower in rank
teensy-weensy
unpurposed
uncouth
lumpen
sordid
skimp
little known
unheard of
of no merit
to no avail
improbable
implausible
dwindling
no great shakes
below the mark
lamentable
entry-level
bottom-rung
back seat
crude
working-class
rambling
faraway
far
outlying
faulty
nasty
rotten
unworthy
drifting
lacking foundation
unsatisfying
ropy
duff
unsuitable
redundant
displeasing
not up to par
next to none
seldom seen
below average
of low birth
low-life
of low rank
not serious
no good
not up to scratch
below standard
far-fetched
from hunger
not up to snuff
uncalled-for
distressing
damaged
next to no
unmeaningful
unassuming
bland
uneventful
collateral
reserve
little bitty
second
slighter
subject
unreal
fragmentary
tributary
groundless
inept
too little too late
depleted
dead
incompetent
objectless
unvaluable
extrinsic
of little worth
lacking substance
inefficient
unimposing
subtle
vacant
throwaway
without value
tinpot
zero
zilch
zip
indifferent
a minor point
gentle
nowhere
background
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
not so important
lacking value
scattered
baseless
indiscernible
insane
woeful
not enough
lessened
sporadic
wandering
substanceless
unfounded
uncommon
infrequent
thankless
unrewarding
nongermane
not pertinent
by-the-way
by-the-by
disregardable
inexpedient
of less importance
third-rate
adrift
shy
least
smallest
littlest
slightest
unsalable
of no earthly use
to no effect
lower rung
low-level
incapable
lowest
low priority
minutest
tiniest
fewest
merest
supplemental
cut
straggling
undistinguishable
vacuous
of no avail
without grounds
without foundation
unfrequent
vestigial
in short supply
run-down
at a low level
nether
gratuitous
witless
indiscriminate
designless
thoughtless
illogical
irrational
wanton
few and far between
teeny-weeny
unneeded
jerry-built
minor league
tenth-rate
not satisfying
thin on the ground
nameless
desultory
brainless
random
hard to find
low in numbers
hard to come by
at a premium
shaky
questionable
unwarranted
tawdry
least possible
smallest amount of
unestablished
floundering
undirected
haphazard
sketchy
nebulous
unrecognized
US
inconspicuous
extra
wishy-washy
uncalled for
hit-or-miss
unseen
excessive
hack
déclassé
unacclaimed
noteless
unnoticed
inapposite
additional
outclassed
unnoted
overlooked
unappreciated
unspecific
hazy
suspect
luxury
deadwood
unlauded
odd
unapplauded
unfamed
unhailed
unrecognised
UK
unhonored
unglorified
impertinent
low-rent
excess baggage
little-known
invisible
unacknowledged
unconvincing
indeterminate
unsubstantiated
indefinite
unfructuous
trim
undersize
neat
pint-sized
dainty
dear
mini
pocket-sized
fun-size
pocket
pocket-size
toylike
adorable
bantam
Lilliputian
cute
miniature
dwarfish
half-pint
shrimpy
pint-size
pygmy
petite
irrelative
no-name
out-of-the-way
pants
inapplicable
unrelated
natty
teeny
adorbs
compact
little-bitty
two a penny
not much cop
a dead loss
fun size
wide of the mark
beside the question
wide of the point
not important
nihil ad rem
not at issue
not to the purpose
off the subject
not significant
teeny weeny
more ❯
“They started having tiffs about the most
niggling
little things.”
Adjective
▲
Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety
bothersome
irritating
troubling
awkward
difficult
nagging
tricky
troublesome
worrying
vexatious
annoying
irksome
vexing
aggravating
disturbing
exasperating
tiresome
unpleasant
maddening
distressing
trying
perturbing
galling
unsettling
upsetting
rankling
infuriating
harassing
taxing
worrisome
displeasing
wearisome
pesky
thorny
grating
disagreeable
inconvenient
pestiferous
pestilent
plaguy
pestilential
harrying
riling
frustrating
problematic
abrasive
chafing
nettlesome
peeving
carking
nettling
rebarbative
burdensome
plaguey
pesty
provoking
disquieting
traumatic
tedious
antagonizing
US
infernal
alarming
discomforting
discomposing
antagonising
UK
confounded
concerning
cussed
agitating
disconcerting
harrowing
demanding
unwelcome
teasing
troublous
hairy
dismaying
grave
tormenting
daunting
enraging
jarring
prickly
sticky
agonizing
US
scary
wearing
agonising
UK
nerve-racking
anxious-making
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
irking
knotty
boring
incommodious
painful
nasty
discommoding
bedevilling
UK
mean
unpleasing
unnerving
unamusing
wicked
ugly
punchable
uncongenial
offensive
bedeviling
US
nerve-wracking
objectionable
wretched
repugnant
deplorable
discouraging
challenging
forbidding
puzzling
lamentable
afflicting
disappointing
festering
antipathetic
hard
unsatisfying
unattractive
impossible
tough
arduous
laborious
rough
heavy
harrasive
oppressive
uphill
messy
repressive
infestive
damaging
harsh
grievous
onerous
delicate
sensitive
severe
dodgy
bitter
ticklish
stressful
problematical
awful
grim
excruciating
punishing
exacting
bad
unpalatable
uncomfortable
distasteful
crushing
weighty
critical
rigorous
touchy
hostile
cruel
dangerous
dire
unsavory
US
toilsome
unsavoury
UK
rugged
brutal
controversial
formidable
terrible
complicated
embarrassing
tense
exhausting
catchy
complex
tricksy
involved
gruelling
UK
untimely
intricate
strenuous
dreadful
tiring
unlovely
rotten
grueling
US
convoluted
exigent
afflictive
yukky
yucky
precarious
cumbersome
chancy
unfriendly
disgusting
horrid
inopportune
back-breaking
revolting
gross
inexpedient
humiliating
repellent
abhorrent
unseasonable
spiny
nauseating
perilous
detestable
discommodious
disadvantageous
unsuitable
destructive
fierce
miserable
stiff
invidious
odious
perplexing
intolerable
lousy
sour
unhandy
dicey
torturous
distressful
murderous
vexed
unfortunate
unmanageable
unwieldy
testing
iffy
icky
intense
inhuman
hurtful
detrimental
searing
fraught
caustic
negative
vicious
antagonistic
serious
tight
repulsive
embittering
fatiguing
unhelpful
poignant
horrible
charged
bleak
sore
obnoxious
disruptive
risky
flustering
uneasy
execrable
appalling
discomfiting
backbreaking
hateful
abominable
hazardous
undermining
disobliging
invalidating
contrary
adverse
obstructive
ruthless
savage
uncertain
compromising
killing
pressing
baffling
relentless
chilling
ferocious
gnawing
nice
Herculean
dark
cringey
persnickety
anxious
disparaging
discrediting
derogatory
cringeworthy
grody
unsteady
unstable
incommoding
inappropriate
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unrelenting
hardhanded
gnarly
merciless
austere
capricious
temperamental
mercurial
changeable
inconstant
volatile
fickle
rocky
variable
dubious
spartan
suspect
questionable
enervating
draining
pressured
corrosive
hellish
hectic
sapping
cringe-making
gut-wrenching
anxiety-ridden
ill-timed
accursed
provocative
acid
plaguing
crippling
punitive
hefty
grinding
shocking
demeaning
degrading
vile
ponderous
embarrassed
foul
mighty
discountenancing
harmful
unappealing
acute
goading
insulting
crashing
injurious
sickening
fearful
excessive
heartbreaking
shameful
tickly
inflammatory
incendiary
affronting
heart-rending
rancid
agitational
inflaming
toe-curling
overtaxing
overpowering
unhappy
heartrending
tragic
sad
dolorous
bumpy
emotionally draining
agitative
time-consuming
remorseless
mortifying
great
itchy
confronting
distressed
scratchy
in-your-face
intemperate
inclement
calamitous
off-putting
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
hard-hearted
remote
prejudicial
stinging
threatening
hurting
aching
throbbing
aggressive
sharp
piercing
ominous
raw
sinister
biting
violent
tender
dirty
ghastly
frightful
filthy
menacing
inflamed
undesirable
burning
quarrelsome
treacherous
eye-watering
direful
achy
minacious
wearying
pugnacious
irritated
intimidating
bellicose
tingly
keen
stringent
smarting
superincumbent
a nuisance
an imposition
more ❯
“Both players have been suffering from
niggling
injuries.”
Adjective
▲
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
captious
critical
hypercritical
overcritical
censorious
quibbling
disparaging
judgemental
judgmental
disapproving
caviling
US
rejective
pettifogging
pedantic
nitpicking
faultfinding
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
pernickety
nagging
cavilling
UK
hairsplitting
negative
cavillous
severe
finicky
carping
demanding
exceptive
sarcastic
nitpicky
acrimonious
cantankerous
contrary
exacting
petty
petulant
quarrelsome
testy
fault-finding
pass-remarkable
nit-picking
hair-splitting
very critical
picky
overnice
hard to please
reproachful
griping
nice
complaining
deprecatory
condemnatory
condemning
scathing
unfavourable
UK
particular
fussy
over-censorious
bellyaching
persnickety
censuring
unfavorable
US
whingeing
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
cynical
difficult to please
derogatory
nit-picky
impossible to please
fine
querulous
punctilious
subtle
grousing
grouchy
moaning
grumbling
grouching
whining
over-rigorous
overexact
overprecise
over-strict
overrefined
berating
damning
bleating
slighting
kvetching
castigatory
reproving
denunciatory
on someone's back
mithering
chuntering
dissatisfied
discontented
unsympathetic
ambiguous
equivocal
evasive
contemptuous
stern
fastidious
jesuitical
sophistical
reprobatory
judgy
reprobative
scolding
critic
humbling
demeaning
harsh
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
withering
satirical
lowering
ultra-critical
choosy
dainty
meticulous
delicate
choosey
finicking
fussbudgety
overparticular
old-maidish
finical
perfectionist
overscrupulous
over-exacting
precise
precisionist
exact
scrupulous
pejorative
pharisaic
literalist
dogmatic
literalistic
formalist
self-righteous
purist
scholastic
casuistical
casuistic
sophistic
difficult
sharp-tongued
over-particular
brusque
cruel
hurtful
unforgiving
culpatory
reprehending
vituperative
accusatory
denouncing
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
shrewish
nasty
cursing
mean
full of reproof
over-fastidious
faddish
painstaking
careful
faddy
tricky
detailed
fiddly
trying
uncompromising
importunate
strict
intractable
clamorous
tiresome
tough
obstinate
rigorous
dictatorial
overbearing
unaccommodating
inflexible
insistent
overexacting
unmanageable
hard
imperious
troublesome
stringent
unbending
exigent
unamenable
fractious
hardheaded
firm
sticklerish
stiff
obdurate
needy
possessive
unsparing
stubborn
unflinching
unreasonable
hard-line
serious
hard to satisfy
high-maintenance
tyrannical
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Slight or subtle, but nagging or persistent
sneaking
nagging
worrying
insidious
lingering
lurking
concerning
gnawing
persistent
uncomfortable
unrelenting
uneasy
slight but persistent
continuous
constant
endless
perpetual
unabating
continual
incessant
unremitting
repeated
interminable
relentless
never-ending
Adjective
▲
Small in size, physique or stature
puny
diminutive
little
small
slight
pygmy
pocket
tiny
Lilliputian
undersized
dwarfish
bantam
wee
dinky
shrimpy
smallish
undersize
toylike
fine
subnormal
stunted
peewee
underdeveloped
scrawny
delicate
shrimp
undeveloped
weedy
minor
undernourished
meagre
UK
meager
US
peanut
nothing
picayune
runt
unsubstantial
pint-sized
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pint-size
half-pint
fun size
small-fry
two-bit
very little
petite
miniature
mini
midget
minute
teeny
minuscule
teensy-weensy
microscopic
dwarf
teensy
bitty
infinitesimal
bitsy
itsy-bitsy
teeny-weeny
weeny
itty-bitty
minuscular
minikin
short
microscopical
pee-wee
atomic
elfin
insignificant
microminiature
weensy
yea big
toy
negligible
trifling
minimum
little bitty
baby
compact
runty
little-bitty
dainty
nanoscopic
fun-size
titchy
skinny
stubby
light
vest-pocket
small-boned
pintsize
slightly built
runtish
tiddly
pintsized
thin
slender
fragile
frail
small-scale
twiggy
reedy
imperceptible
homuncular
miniaturized
US
micro
squat
knee-high to a grasshopper
scrubby
eensy
miniaturised
UK
slim
knee-high
eensy-weensy
bite-sized
teeny weeny
very small
spindly
pygmyish
sprightly
atrophied
underweight
portable
stumpy
microbic
measly
feeble
low
dwarfed
handy
abridged
potted
ickle
reduced
lanky
lilliputian
molecular
button
concise
condensed
bijou
trim
neat
cute
dear
adorable
capsule
piddling
piffling
minim
exiguous
invisible
pygmaean
lesser
secondary
bush-league
adorbs
minor-league
small-time
natty
wispy
lightweight
sawn-off
weak
tincy
teentsy
insufficient
inconsiderable
knee high to a grasshopper
meek
lank
mere
a slip of a …
sparse
skimpy
inappreciable
limited
underfed
cramped
scant
itsy bitsy
incy wincy
tincy wincy
teensy weensy
snub
embryonic
truncated
babyish
young
immature
infant
fleeting
junior
hasty
shriveled
US
brief
wizened
shrivelled
UK
spare
second rate
attenuate
gracile
stick
skeleton
broomstick
short-lived
not large
not big
hardly any
size-zero
lightly-built
not heavy
nano
bitesize
flyspeck
scaled-down
nickel-and-dime
not worth bothering about
bite-size
stocky
squatty
mite
model
invisible to the naked eye
poky
teenty
smaller
indiscernible
unnoticeable
dumpy
nanosized
runted
scrub
shot
undergrown
extremely small
barely perceptible
bonsai
fubsy
granular
submicroscopic
fragmentary
youthful
munchkin
efficient
shallow
pocket edition
narrow
low-lying
not long
low-slung
yea high
small fry
not tall
sawed-off
boxy
with no room to swing a cat
knee high to a gnat
close to the ground
economic of space
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That which remains or persists over time
lingering
lasting
persisting
abiding
surviving
residual
remaining
gnawing
nagging
recurrent
recurring
ever-present
enduring
vestigial
existing
living
extant
ongoing
alive
current
continuing on
Noun
▲
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
fault-finding
criticism
carping
captiousness
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
quibbling
bleating
complaining
griping
grumbling
hair-splitting
moaning
nitpicking
pedantry
whining
bellyaching
grouching
grousing
hairsplitting
nagging
nit-picking
overnice
precision
literalism
dogmatism
exactness
punctiliousness
sophistry
formalism
overscrupulousness
finickiness
scrupulousness
purism
finicality
meticulousness
perfectionism
fastidiousness
pettifoggery
pomposity
casuistry
pettifogging
overnicety
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
unimaginativeness
thoroughness
conscientiousness
faultfinding
pettiness
equivocation
bickering
realism
representationalism
verismo
naturalism
verisimilitude
fussiness
rigorousness
more ❯
Noun
▲
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
provocation
aggravation
agitation
persecution
affront
pestering
taunting
badgering
harassment
nettling
offence
UK
plaguing
bedevilment
bugging
grievance
harrying
hassle
injury
insult
irking
perturbation
provoking
teasing
torment
importunity
indignity
insults
intimidation
molestation
needling
vexing
bothering
brickbat
grief
offense
US
pressure
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
being rubbed up the wrong way
vexation
annoyance
botheration
irritation
disturbance
exasperation
trouble
nuisance
coercion
problem
distraction
annoying
disturbing
hounding
galling
discrimination
bullying
disruption
interruption
interference
confusion
stirring
ruffling
hindrance
roiling
whisking
derangement
inconvenience
convulsion
bother
intrusion
dislocation
churning up
stirring up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of objecting to something
demur
objection
exception
complaint
demurral
dissent
opposition
remonstrance
protest
protestation
expostulation
scruple
demurrer
dispute
fuss
stink
challenge
difficulty
recalcitrance
carping
compunction
griping
grousing
kick
misgiving
qualm
question
boggling
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
doubt
misgivings
unwillingness
remonstration
disapproval
grievance
gripe
criticism
cavil
outcry
quibble
dissatisfaction
censure
disagreement
niggle
grumble
moan
grouse
squawk
hesitation
beef
grouch
reproach
argument
disapprobation
displeasure
odium
dislike
disesteem
declination
demurring
discontent
disinclination
revilement
reluctance
rejection
repugnancy
clamour
UK
clamor
US
shrinking
flak
counter-argument
railing
formal complaint
inveighing
fulmination
murmur
accusation
revolt
charge
condemnation
peep
uproar
indignation
problem
fault-finding
dissuasion
concern
howls of protest
blackball
bellyache
riot
declaration
turmoil
tumult
campaign
knock
debate
reservation
big stink
mutter
word
grudge
hostility
worry
rebuke
reproof
denunciation
disparagement
opprobrium
petition
reproval
statement of opposition
captiousness
taking exception
civil disobedience
whine
uncertainty
whinge
controversy
wail
vociferation
furore
UK
cry
yike
annoyance
confusion
dubiousness
lament
outrage
guff
jeremiad
rumble
representation
twine
furor
US
kvetch
statement of dissatisfaction
contention
dubiety
carp
hue and cry
chorus of disapproval
plaint
howl of protest
anxiety
miserere
whimper
bleat
yammer
holler
work-to-rule
bone of contention
question mark
tantrum
outburst
hysterics
test of
scepticism
UK
resistance
contradiction
rebellion
argument against
stand against
defiance
contest
confrontation
conflict
squabble
questioning of
interrogation
difficulty with
skepticism
US
disobedience
quarrel
groan
beefing
whingeing
howl
hullabaloo
row
muttering
exclamation
hubbub
commotion
noise
grouching
ballyhoo
roar
bellyaching
rumpus
umbrage
squeal
bone to pick
axe to grind
ax to grind
ruction
ruckus
brouhaha
protesting
moans and groans
big problem
bone
storms of protest
hoo-ha
to-do
lamentation
complaining
clamouring
UK
whining
murmuring
whispering
public outcry
public outrage
song and dance
rallying cry
grumbling
pique
rancour
UK
blast
case
hullaballoo
rancor
US
crow to pluck
hubba-hubba
clamoring
US
ferment
nitpicking
query
pettifogging
sideswipe
kerfuffle
minor criticism
trivial complaint
trivial objection
ado
racket
adverse comment
storm
stir
pother
disturbance
flap
palaver
splash
quarrels
ructions
bobsy-die
carry-on
bugle call
statement
exposition
account
explanation
deposition
allegation
claim
report
submission
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
complaining
carping
fussing
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
nitpicking
moaning
nagging
objecting
grousing
grumbling
quibbling
arguing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
twining
finding fault
finding fault with
splitting hairs
beefing
whingeing
griping
bellyaching
whining
grouching
bleating
pettifogging
kvetching
hypercriticizing
nit-picking
censuring
denouncing
decrying
condemning
grizzling
muttering
wailing
screaming
growling
inveighing
grumping
keening
knocking
murmuring
caterwauling
repining
whimpering
chuntering
crabbing
hollering
squealing
squawking
mithering
creating
yowling
croaking
maundering
yammering
kicking
yawping
yauping
sounding off
chopping logic
picking holes
kicking up a fuss
picking holes in
quibbling about
niggling about
kvetching about
raising trivial objections
picking nits
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing out of
making a big thing of
making a thing of
making a meal of
arguing over nothing
protesting
lamenting
querying
bemoaning
groaning
making a fuss
crying out
faulting
cavilling at
objecting to
carping about
complaining about
raising trivial objections to
disparaging
reproaching
picking on
pecking
bothering
panning
objurgating
going on
picking at
grieving
bewailing
deploring
chirping
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
kicking up a stink
nattering
cribbing
mourning
crying
remonstrating
carrying on
plaining over
speaking out against
screeching
greeting
taking exception
opposing
railing at
going on about
howling
bawling
yelping
scolding
sorrowing
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
kicking up a storm
raising objections
expressing disapproval
mumbling
making a stand
taking a stand
charging
putting up a fight
dissenting
wittering
demurring
expostulating
putting the boot in
raising Cain
lodging a complaint
making a complaint
taking exception to
inveighing against
expressing concern
showing concern
running down
gurning
whispering
squalling
sighing
blowing off steam
sulking
wauling
weeping
ululating
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
blubbering
roaring
yelling
making a scene
making a song and dance
shrieking
sobbing
screaming bloody murder
yapping
excepting
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
pleading
ranting
sorrowing for
sorrowing about
sighing over
grieving over
fulminating
raging
beefing about
grouching about
puling
sounding off about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
blustering
spouting
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
rumbling
fretting
contravening
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
disagreeing
ascribing
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
refuting
attacking
gabbling
sputtering
muddling
swallowing
slurring
snarling
droning
burbling
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
trashing
badmouthing
disagreeing with
protesting against
fulminating against
making a fuss about
speaking up
looking askance
cutting up
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
talking under your breath
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
more ❯
“The way they
niggle
me about it, you'd think hacking it on one's own in a flat in Lincoln Street was like being some frightful old maid with a bead necklace and dingle-dangle earrings doing the Chelsea Bohemian bit in the Twenties.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
bothering
irritating
annoying
irking
bugging
exasperating
galling
riling
plaguing
worrying
troubling
disturbing
hassling
upsetting
provoking
getting
concerning
rankling
badgering
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
hacking off
getting to
rankling with
nagging at
vexing
harassing
aggravating
tormenting
piquing
angering
nettling
peeving
narking
ruffling
pestering
fretting
grating
burning up
chafing
distressing
rasping
miffing
needling
riding
nagging
perturbing
infuriating
haunting
winding up
putting out
persecuting
spiting
eating
frosting
griping
itching
agitating
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
exacerbating
disconcerting
burdening
discomposing
teasing
rubbing up the wrong way
afflicting
taunting
baiting
oppressing
humping
fazing
disquieting
weighing down
harrying
gnawing at
discomfiting
gnawing
roiling
getting across
hacking you off
preying on your mind
getting on your nerves
stirring up
driving up the wall
hounding
pricking
beleaguering
besetting
intimidating
incensing
bullying
enraging
offending
dogging
torturing
agonizing
US
goading
fussing
perplexing
affronting
displeasing
insulting
browbeating
hanging over
graveling
gravelling
lying heavy on
stinging
stewing
straining
getting at
abrading
affecting
weighing heavily on
discountenancing
getting under your skin
agonising
UK
causing anxiety to
getting your back up
getting in your hair
rubbing the wrong way
giving someone the hump
wearing on
making uncomfortable
getting on one's nerves
getting across someone
causing discomfort to
causing concern to
making waves
making anxious
giving a hard time
making uneasy
assailing
possessing
blighting
hazing
heckling
maddening
niggling at
weighing on
inflaming
dissatisfying
embarrassing
confounding
burning
bedogging
distracting
molesting
gnawing away at
festering
gnawing away
exercising
eating at
causing anxiety
inciting
grilling
running up the wrong way
prodding
starting
grieving
sending into a rage
taking a rise out of
getting a rise out of
putting your back up
setting on
making your blood boil
hitting where one lives
grizzling
setting off
raising your hackles
working into lather
trying your patience
making angry
disgruntling
disgusting
paining
tiffing
huffing
petting
alarming
saddening
carping
ticking off
sticking in one's craw
setting one's teeth on edge
getting your goat
hurting
fearing
stressing
sweating
scolding
hectoring
criticizing
US
domineering
trying
spooking
puzzling
mithering
grinding
chiding
ailing
interrupting
giving a bad time
giving someone grief
flipping out
berating
picking at
lying heavily on
criticising
UK
pecking at
henpecking
finding fault
picking on
eating away at
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
rattling
unsettling
flustering
unnerving
confusing
flurrying
throwing
discombobulating
flummoxing
exciting
flooring
fuddling
cowing
stirring
stumping
disrupting
wearing
making nervous
throwing off balance
putting into a flap
rattling one's cage
putting someone off their stroke
throwing into tizzy
causing someone to lose their composure
shaking up
putting off
throwing into a tizz
more ❯
“That one thing he said would
niggle
me for the whole twelve days to come.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
pettifogging
altercating
argufying
avoiding
bickering
carping
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
chicaning
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
disputing
equivocating
evading
fencing
flip-flopping
hassling
nitpicking
pretending
prevaricating
shifting
sparring
squabbling
waffling
wrangling
arguing over
blowing hot and cold
catching at straws
having at it
hemming and hawing
hypercriticizing
making a big thing about
nit-picking
paralogizing
picking to pieces
putting up an argument
setting to
splitting hairs
talking back
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner
tinkering
monkeying
playing
toying
dabbling
fiddling
fiddling with
meddling
playing with
pottering
trifling with
dallying with
toying with
adjusting slightly
dabbling with
doodling
fixing
interfering
interfering with
meddling with
mending
messing
mucking about
playing about with
playing around with
puddling
puttering
repairing
tampering
tampering with
trying to improve
trying to mend
working amateurishly on
fooling about with
fooling around with
messing about
pottering about with
fooling around
messing about with
messing around
messing around with
messing with
monkeying around
mucking about with
mucking around with
putting right
taking apart
tinkering at the edges of
tinkering with the edges of
playing around
rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
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