Associations to the word «Niggling»

Wiktionary

NIGGLING, verb. Present participle of niggle
NIGGLING, adjective. Petty
NIGGLING, noun. A sensation that niggles.

Dictionary definition

NIGGLING, adjective. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy