Mary would always niggle Tom over his lack of punctuation in text messages.
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Niggle
//ˈnɪɡəl//
Synonyms for "niggle" (95 found)
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Related words (47)
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Translations
13 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- суетя се verb (to fidget, to fiddle, to be restless)
Dutch
3 entries- frunniken verb (to fidget, to fiddle, to be restless)
- muggenziften verb (to dwell too much on minor points)
- peuteren verb (to fidget, to fiddle, to be restless)
Finnish
1 entries- niuhottaa verb (to dwell too much on minor points)
Hungarian
4 entries- akadékoskodik verb (to dwell too much on minor points)
- fészkelődik verb (to fidget, to fiddle, to be restless)
- izeg-mozog verb (to fidget, to fiddle, to be restless)
- kukacoskodik verb (to dwell too much on minor points)
Russian
1 entries- суети́ться verb (to fidget, to fiddle, to be restless)
Sample sentences
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The Olympic medal contender's back problem has been described as a "niggle" by the head coach, Charles van Commenee, but Porter's friend and former team-mate Danielle Carruthers revealed that the injury is playing on the Briton's mind.
Source: wiktionary
He declared that it would take until the early New Year for all the faults and niggles to be ironed out, and that the rest of 2019 would be deemed to be a 'bedding in' period.
Source: wiktionary
I shall so feed your fierce vexation , And raise your worship ' s storms ; I shall so niggle you , And juggle you , and fiddle you , and firk you
Source: wiktionary
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