Associations to the word «Niggling»
Noun
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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.