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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

Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

The action of objecting to something

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

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

of little account

not worth mentioning

of no consequence

of little importance

of little consequence

not worth bothering about

of no importance

twopenny-halfpenny

of minor importance

of no great concern

not worth speaking of

of little import

unconsequential

hardly worth mentioning

neither here nor there

of no significance

counterproductive

beside the point

undistinguished

without rhyme or reason

good-for-nothing

underprivileged

dissatisfactory

underrepresented

lower in status

no great shakes

lacking foundation

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

too little too late

of little worth

lacking substance

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

of less importance

of no earthly use

undistinguishable

without grounds

without foundation

in short supply

few and far between

thin on the ground

hard to come by

smallest amount of

unrecognized^US

unrecognised^UK

unsubstantiated

wide of the mark

beside the question

wide of the point

not to the purpose

off the subject

not significant

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“They started having tiffs about the most niggling little things.”

Adjective

Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

disadvantageous

unfavourable^UK

discountenancing

emotionally draining

causing discomfort

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“Both players have been suffering from niggling injuries.”

Adjective

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections

pass-remarkable

unfavourable^UK

over-censorious

difficult to please

impossible to please

on someone's back

over-particular

severely critical

full of reproof

over-fastidious

unaccommodating

hard to satisfy

high-maintenance

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Adjective

Slight or subtle, but nagging or persistent

Adjective

Small in size, physique or stature

miniaturized^US

knee-high to a grasshopper

miniaturised^UK

knee high to a grasshopper

a slip of a …

nickel-and-dime

not worth bothering about

invisible to the naked eye

extremely small

barely perceptible

with no room to swing a cat

knee high to a gnat

close to the ground

economic of space

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Adjective

That which remains or persists over time

Noun

Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things

Noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

Noun

The action of objecting to something

dissatisfaction

counter-argument

formal complaint

howls of protest

statement of opposition

taking exception

civil disobedience

statement of dissatisfaction

chorus of disapproval

howl of protest

bone of contention

argument against

difficulty with

moans and groans

storms of protest

minor criticism

trivial complaint

trivial objection

adverse comment

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Verb

Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

finding fault with

splitting hairs

hypercriticizing

kicking up a fuss

picking holes in

quibbling about

kvetching about

raising trivial objections

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

complaining about

raising trivial objections to

kicking up a stink

speaking out against

taking exception

raising a ruckus

crying the blues

kicking up a storm

raising objections

expressing disapproval

putting up a fight

putting the boot in

lodging a complaint

making a complaint

taking exception to

inveighing against

expressing concern

showing concern

blowing off steam

making a song and dance

screaming bloody murder

sorrowing about

grouching about

sounding off about

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

bellyaching about

complaining vehemently about

disagreeing with

protesting against

fulminating against

making a fuss about

looking askance

pulling to pieces

speaking ill of

talking under your breath

moaning and groaning

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

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“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

rubbing up the wrong way

hacking you off

preying on your mind

getting on your nerves

driving up the wall

weighing heavily on

discountenancing

getting under your skin

causing anxiety to

getting your back up

getting in your hair

rubbing the wrong way

giving someone the hump

making uncomfortable

getting on one's nerves

getting across someone

causing discomfort to

causing concern to

giving a hard time

gnawing away at

causing anxiety

running up the wrong way

sending into a rage

taking a rise out of

getting a rise out of

putting your back up

making your blood boil

hitting where one lives

raising your hackles

working into lather

trying your patience

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

getting your goat

giving a bad time

giving someone grief

lying heavily on

kicking up a fuss

kicking up a stink

discombobulating

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

throwing into a tizz

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“That one thing he said would niggle me for the whole twelve days to come.”

Verb

Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters

Verb

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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