Synonyms for niggling
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Piddling — petty
little, piddling, petty, picayune US, trivial, unimportant, fiddling, piffling informal, lilliputian, footling, inconsequential, trifling, insignificant, paltry, negligible
Definitions
- adj. 1
Petty
Example sentences
- petty Sami started getting into trouble for petty theft.
- trivial The conclusion may seem trivial: Esperanto exists.
- unimportant This detail is unimportant. You can safely omit it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| niggling | rising | |
| petty | steady | |
| trivial | rising | |
| unimportant | falling | |
| piddling | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- petty2
- 6 letters
- little2, paltry2
- 7 letters
- trivial3
- 8 letters
- fiddling2, trifling2, picayune3, piddling3, footling, piffling
- 10 letters
- negligible4
- 11 letters
- unimportant4, lilliputian4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (petty2 = 2 syllables).