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What is another word for
niggling
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Adjective
Unimportant or insignificant in nature
Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety
Inclined to find fault too readily
Slight or subtle, but nagging or persistent
Small in size, physique or stature
That which remains or persists over time
Noun
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
The action of objecting to something
Verb
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
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Adjective
▲
Unimportant or insignificant in nature
insignificant
trifling
trivial
negligible
paltry
petty
inconsequential
inconsiderable
unimportant
slight
minor
piddling
measly
minute
piffling
nominal
footling
picayune
small
frivolous
piddly
pimping
peanut
chicken
pettifogging
fussy
quibbling
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
no-account
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
nit-picking
nugatory
little
fiddling
incidental
worthless
nickel-and-dime
irrelevant
meaningless
small-fry
inappreciable
foolish
light
immaterial
pointless
of little account
of no account
lightweight
not worth mentioning
of no consequence
minuscule
insubstantial
meagre
UK
superficial
meager
US
pitiful
nonessential
casual
puny
shallow
of little importance
secondary
derisory
lesser
miserable
pathetic
inessential
valueless
of little consequence
not worth bothering about
scanty
minimal
infinitesimal
contemptible
penny-ante
small-bore
poxy
of no importance
mean
silly
peripheral
exiguous
dinky
non-essential
twopenny-halfpenny
tiny
unsubstantial
senseless
small-time
inferior
purportless
ignorable
mingy
base
idle
flimsy
cheap
marginal
shoestring
useless
unessential
two-bit
unnecessary
token
beggarly
trite
subordinate
inadequate
inconsequent
nondescript
nothing
of no moment
time-wasting
of minor importance
minor-league
of no great concern
second-rate
not worth speaking of
low-ranking
lower
junior
empty
scratch
wretched
poor
diminutive
everyday
hairsplitting
pitiable
skimpy
inane
extraneous
bush-league
obscure
ineffectual
uncelebrated
of little import
potty
common
casuistic
impractical
twopenny
neglectable
toytown
unconsequential
subsidiary
peppercorn
rinky-dink
sorry
niggly
insulting
miserly
insufficient
modest
scant
lean
limited
hardly worth mentioning
lousy
outrageous
ridiculous
absurd
ludicrous
laughable
risible
preposterous
restricted
short
low
deficient
unnotable
unproductive
inutile
unavailing
mediocre
profitless
abject
drossy
unusable
unprofitable
hair-splitting
lilliputian
smaller
vain
hollow
loitering
jejune
idling
vapid
insipid
banal
stingy
sparse
slender
scrimpy
neither here nor there
inappropriate
mere
fatuous
puerile
flippant
unhelpful
no big deal
no big thing
no biggie
all the same
small potatoes
two bit
entry level
of no significance
purposeless
flighty
empty-headed
without depth
microscopic
beside the point
skin-deep
shabby
unconsiderable
lowly
futile
imperceptible
minimum
fruitless
humble
scarce
reduced
aimless
faint
undistinguished
weak
vague
ineffective
slim
second-string
ancillary
indiscernible
ungenerous
second-class
unsatisfactory
ignoble
fine
ordinary
bootless
inglorious
subservient
no-good
plebeian
feeble
sparing
fractional
needless
unnoticeable
subtle
wanting
inconspicuous
off
low-grade
barren
impalpable
subnormal
scrubby
undetectable
substandard
junky
indistinct
otiose
to no purpose
lower-level
of no value
lower-class
in vain
without rhyme or reason
insensible
unpretentious
invisible
good-for-nothing
null
servile
unsuccessful
tenuous
bitty
unimpressive
ephemeral
hopeless
unremarkable
second-fiddle
fragile
lame
indistinguishable
less important
bad
no use
third-string
accessory
bush
simple
menial
of no matter
frugal
of no use
teeny-weeny
teensy-weensy
inaudible
proletarian
wee
auxiliary
bottom
unreasonable
thin
supplementary
chaffy
mindless
low-quality
dubious
doubtful
underprivileged
remote
shadowy
outside
motiveless
diminished
lacking
severe
rough
gradual
inefficacious
basal
disappointing
few
abortive
nanoscopic
humdrum
feckless
unsound
imponderable
unfit
plebby
of no benefit
frail
imperfect
lower-ranking
subpar
unacceptable
dissatisfactory
shoddy
undistinguishable
impotent
superfluous
evanescent
defective
sad
vestigial
rubbish
low-born
to no avail
crummy
junk
momentary
lemon
suboptimal
lower-grade
little bitty
unsung
wack
crumby
punk
sour
wrong
ill
poor-quality
below par
dispensable
unrenowned
tangential
subaltern
intangible
unknown
mild
expendable
commonplace
teeny
unfamiliar
under
forgettable
teensy
dependent
demeaning
degrading
unfamous
anonymous
moderate
occasional
less
bitsy
unheard-of
spare
sterile
ignominious
unlikely
frothy
weeny
goalless
middling
baseborn
doesn't matter
rare
miniature
meritless
subjacent
wasted
trashy
below the mark
distant
unmemorable
indefinite
microscopical
forgotten
atomic
weensy
underrepresented
unrefined
unwashed
poorer
unhonoured
small-scale
microminiature
not valuable
rubbishy
unperceivable
wanky
smallish
unmeaning
nonsensical
vulgar
lowborn
prole
very little
lower in status
lower in rank
imperceivable
unpurposed
tiddly
uncouth
lumpen
sordid
skimp
little known
unheard of
bogus
titchy
of no merit
unobservable
improbable
implausible
dwindling
no great shakes
lamentable
entry-level
bottom-rung
back seat
crude
working-class
rambling
faraway
far
outlying
faulty
nasty
rotten
unworthy
drifting
lacking foundation
unsatisfying
ropy
duff
unsuitable
redundant
itsy-bitsy
displeasing
itty-bitty
eensy-weensy
not up to par
next to none
very small
seldom seen
below average
of low birth
low-life
second rate
of low rank
not serious
no good
not up to scratch
below standard
far-fetched
from hunger
not up to snuff
uncalled-for
distressing
damaged
little-bitty
next to no
unassuming
younger
tacky
minus
collateral
reserve
second
subject
unreal
slighter
fragmentary
unapparent
tributary
unvaluable
groundless
vacant
throwaway
inept
too little too late
of little worth
dead
depleted
incompetent
beta
undersized
objectless
unrewarding
without value
extrinsic
lacking value
lacking substance
thankless
inefficient
stunted
shrunken
unimposing
pygmy
tinpot
zero
zilch
zip
indifferent
unobtrusive
a minor point
gentle
midget
nowhere
background
scattered
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
not so important
baseless
insane
Lilliputian
unclear
woeful
not enough
lessened
sporadic
wandering
substanceless
to no effect
dwarf
unfounded
uncommon
infrequent
baby
nongermane
not pertinent
toy
by-the-way
by-the-by
disregardable
inexpedient
micro
supplemental
of less importance
third-rate
adrift
least
smallest
littlest
slightest
shy
lower rung
low-level
incapable
eensy
of no earthly use
lowest
gratuitous
low priority
impossible to detect
nether
powerless
bland
uneventful
barely visible
hard to make out
minutest
tiniest
fewest
merest
baulked
UK
straggling
cut
unneeded
misfired
vacuous
shaky
questionable
of no avail
without grounds
without foundation
nameless
unfrequent
counterproductive
in short supply
run-down
at a low level
witless
indiscriminate
designless
thoughtless
illogical
irrational
wanton
unwarranted
few and far between
sketchy
nebulous
unfructuous
thin on the ground
excessive
failed
thwarted
unaffecting
desultory
brainless
random
jerry-built
minor league
tenth-rate
iffy
not satisfying
unrecognized
US
hard to find
low in numbers
hard to come by
at a premium
frustrated
foiled
no-win
misleading
not a prayer
void
without success
on a treadmill
delusive
in vicious circle
going nowhere
delusory
balked
US
tawdry
pants
least possible
extra
unconspicuous
unseen
waste
smallest amount of
unmeaningful
unestablished
floundering
undirected
haphazard
unacclaimed
noteless
unnoticed
abandoned
unspecific
hazy
suspect
additional
unnoted
overlooked
unappreciated
wishy-washy
uncalled for
hit-or-miss
deadwood
two a penny
not much cop
hack
a dead loss
unlauded
odd
unapplauded
unfamed
unhailed
unrecognised
UK
unhonored
unglorified
déclassé
unconvincing
indeterminate
unsubstantiated
little-known
unacknowledged
outclassed
no-name
out-of-the-way
low-rent
tame
unstirring
unmoving
unstimulating
unexciting
unemotional
impactless
uninspirational
extremely small
invisible to the naked eye
barely perceptible
more ❯
“Her
niggling
complaints about the office temperature seemed unimportant compared to the looming deadline.”
Adjective
▲
Causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety
irritating
bothersome
troubling
troublesome
awkward
difficult
worrying
tricky
nagging
vexatious
annoying
irksome
vexing
aggravating
disturbing
exasperating
tiresome
unpleasant
maddening
distressing
trying
perturbing
galling
unsettling
upsetting
rankling
infuriating
harassing
taxing
worrisome
displeasing
wearisome
pesky
thorny
grating
disagreeable
inconvenient
pestiferous
pestilent
plaguy
pestilential
harrying
riling
frustrating
problematic
abrasive
chafing
nettlesome
peeving
carking
nettling
rebarbative
burdensome
plaguey
pesty
provoking
disquieting
traumatic
tedious
antagonizing
US
infernal
alarming
discomforting
discomposing
antagonising
UK
confounded
concerning
cussed
agitating
disconcerting
harrowing
demanding
unwelcome
teasing
troublous
hairy
dismaying
grave
tormenting
daunting
enraging
jarring
prickly
sticky
agonizing
US
scary
wearing
agonising
UK
nerve-racking
anxious-making
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
irking
knotty
boring
incommodious
painful
nasty
discommoding
bedevilling
UK
mean
unpleasing
unnerving
unamusing
wicked
ugly
punchable
uncongenial
offensive
bedeviling
US
nerve-wracking
objectionable
wretched
repugnant
deplorable
discouraging
challenging
forbidding
puzzling
lamentable
afflicting
disappointing
festering
antipathetic
hard
unsatisfying
unattractive
impossible
tough
arduous
laborious
rough
heavy
harrasive
oppressive
uphill
messy
repressive
infestive
damaging
onerous
severe
exacting
stressful
toilsome
gruelling
UK
grueling
US
punishing
strenuous
exhausting
grievous
rigorous
tiring
harsh
excruciating
crushing
testing
weighty
brutal
grim
fatiguing
back-breaking
distressful
formidable
backbreaking
exigent
wearying
draining
rugged
hellish
Herculean
ominous
herculean
sapping
effortful
dodgy
torturous
delicate
uncomfortable
tense
killing
grinding
perplexing
killer
sweaty
moiling
problematical
stiff
murderous
frightening
ponderous
startling
bruising
depressing
foreboding
cruel
unsparing
intimidating
intolerable
tall
ticklish
serious
operose
hazardous
tortuous
threatening
bitter
dire
perilous
persnickety
ambitious
sensitive
fraught
sinister
tight
hellacious
fierce
debilitating
cumbersome
gloomy
vigorous
toilful
embarrassing
unbearable
labored
US
laboured
UK
knackering
discomfiting
energy-consuming
stringent
enervating
mighty
painstaking
dangerous
intense
bleak
extreme
colossal
merciless
awful
unforgiving
titanic
hostile
unremitting
dicey
upstream
unyielding
iffy
precarious
consequential
gargantuan
depleting
shattering
dark
dubious
pessimistic
pressured
confronting
problem
crippling
pressing
prohibitive
Augean
immense
staggering
gigantic
pick-and-shovel
slavish
really hard
very hard
solemn
tough going
controversial
no picnic
difficile
excessive
charged
intrusive
critical
disruptive
impeding
creepy
immoderate
chancy
devastating
steep
gnawing
unfriendly
spartan
suspect
questionable
anxious
embittering
touchy
humiliating
inhuman
flustering
searing
imperious
hardhanded
uneasy
compromising
shocking
hectic
cringey
cringeworthy
hefty
time-consuming
backbreaker
insufferable
gut-wrenching
cringe-making
easier said than done
torturesome
drudgy
vicious
high-pressure
worksome
savage
scabrous
uphill battle
unendurable
hard-won
marathon
anxiety-ridden
not easy
ferocious
almighty
unreasonable
dreadful
rduous
hurtful
exorbitant
relentless
unfair
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
numbing
provocative
thoroughgoing
anxiety provoking
baffling
major
a stinker of a
demeaning
degrading
embarrassed
tickly
soul-sucking
off-putting
nail-biting
austere
emotionally draining
intricate
catchy
untimely
discountenancing
dolorous
bumpy
overtaxing
overpowering
gnarly
high-impact
like getting blood out of a stone
itchy
distressed
afflictive
scratchy
intractable
mystifying
shameful
checkered
US
chequered
UK
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
toe-curling
tricksy
spiny
aggressive
sour
violent
no piece of cake
dirty
filthy
menacing
quarrelsome
prophetic
uncertain
treacherous
direful
minacious
troubled
pugnacious
bellicose
afflicted
trouble
superincumbent
a nuisance
an imposition
full of problems
beset by problems
harassive
hindering
bullying
more ❯
“I had a
niggling
suspicion that I had left the stove on, causing a persistent discomfort throughout the day.”
Adjective
▲
Inclined to find fault too readily
carping
critical
hypercritical
cavilling
UK
captious
censorious
overcritical
quibbling
judgemental
judgmental
disapproving
disparaging
caviling
US
nitpicking
pedantic
condemnatory
faultfinding
rejective
picky
nagging
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
deprecatory
reproachful
scathing
complaining
grumbling
griping
bellyaching
whingeing
whining
kvetching
discontented
dissatisfied
grouchy
grousing
slighting
fault-finding
hair-splitting
nit-picking
pass-remarkable
nit-picky
hard to please
difficult to please
impossible to please
pernickety
hairsplitting
pettifogging
overnice
demanding
finicky
negative
cavillous
condemning
unfavourable
UK
particular
censuring
fussy
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
cynical
persnickety
unfavorable
US
severe
derogatory
exceptive
sarcastic
over-censorious
nitpicky
exacting
punctilious
castigatory
reproving
denunciatory
unsympathetic
fine
querulous
subtle
jesuitical
sophistical
overrefined
berating
damning
overprecise
reprobatory
reprobative
ultra-critical
over-rigorous
over-strict
on someone's back
contemptuous
stern
judgy
scolding
critic
humbling
demeaning
harsh
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
withering
satirical
lowering
fastidious
choosy
cantankerous
quarrelsome
testy
petty
acrimonious
contrary
petulant
dainty
nice
meticulous
very critical
choosey
delicate
finicking
fussbudgety
overparticular
old-maidish
finical
perfectionist
overscrupulous
dogmatic
scrupulous
casuistic
sophistic
over-exacting
precise
exact
difficult
over-particular
pejorative
pharisaic
inflexible
uncompromising
precisionist
rigorous
intractable
tough
obstinate
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
literalist
literalistic
strict
self-righteous
unreasonable
overexacting
hard
imperious
stringent
unbending
formalist
scholastic
obdurate
hardheaded
sticklerish
stiff
tyrannical
purist
casuistical
dictatorial
unflinching
importunate
unrelenting
grim
boorish
rigid
pitiless
inexorable
irascible
resolute
immovable
unyielding
oppressive
prickly
crotchety
ornery
disputatious
chippy
disputative
high-maintenance
hard-line
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
trifling
selective
accusatory
denouncing
vituperative
unforgiving
chiding
full of reproof
severely critical
discriminating
careful
faddy
refined
squeamish
painstaking
overdelicate
assiduous
sedulous
stickling
thorough
queasy
very careful
easily disgusted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Slight or subtle, but nagging or persistent
sneaking
nagging
worrying
insidious
lingering
lurking
concerning
gnawing
persistent
uncomfortable
unrelenting
uneasy
slight but persistent
continuous
constant
endless
perpetual
unabating
continual
incessant
unremitting
repeated
interminable
relentless
never-ending
Adjective
▲
Small in size, physique or stature
puny
diminutive
little
small
slight
pygmy
pocket
tiny
Lilliputian
undersized
dwarfish
bantam
wee
dinky
shrimpy
smallish
undersize
toylike
fine
subnormal
stunted
peewee
underdeveloped
scrawny
delicate
shrimp
undeveloped
weedy
minor
undernourished
meagre
UK
meager
US
peanut
nothing
picayune
runt
unsubstantial
pint-sized
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pint-size
half-pint
fun size
small-fry
two-bit
very little
petite
miniature
mini
minute
midget
teeny
minuscule
dwarf
teensy-weensy
microscopic
bitty
teensy
bitsy
infinitesimal
itsy-bitsy
teeny-weeny
weeny
short
itty-bitty
minuscular
minikin
microscopical
pee-wee
insignificant
atomic
elfin
weensy
microminiature
baby
yea big
compact
negligible
toy
trifling
minimum
runty
little bitty
runtish
little-bitty
dainty
nanoscopic
titchy
fun-size
skinny
stubby
light
vest-pocket
pintsize
slightly built
tiddly
pintsized
small-boned
thin
slender
fragile
frail
small-scale
homuncular
twiggy
reedy
imperceptible
miniaturized
US
micro
squat
knee-high to a grasshopper
scrubby
eensy
miniaturised
UK
slim
dwarfed
measly
knee-high
pygmaean
eensy-weensy
bite-sized
bijou
teeny weeny
very small
spindly
sprightly
portable
low
stumpy
feeble
ickle
underweight
lilliputian
button
atrophied
neat
runted
scrub
shot
mite
microbic
trim
handy
abridged
potted
cute
reduced
lanky
molecular
lesser
concise
condensed
capsule
piddling
piffling
minim
exiguous
small fry
invisible
knee high to a grasshopper
sawn-off
inconsiderable
insufficient
tincy
teentsy
wispy
sparse
inappreciable
limited
lightweight
weak
small-time
skimpy
scant
cramped
minor-league
truncated
immature
junior
shriveled
US
wizened
meek
lank
mere
a slip of a …
shrivelled
UK
brief
underfed
spare
itsy bitsy
incy wincy
tincy wincy
teensy weensy
attenuate
gracile
stick
skeleton
broomstick
not large
not big
hardly any
size-zero
lightly-built
not heavy
nano
bitesize
flyspeck
scaled-down
nickel-and-dime
not worth bothering about
bite-size
unnoticeable
indiscernible
subtle
undetectable
faint
impalpable
indistinguishable
indistinct
vague
inconspicuous
inaudible
insensible
unapparent
inconsequential
unobtrusive
ephemeral
minimal
vestigial
trivial
unperceivable
shadowy
gradual
undistinguishable
obscure
imperceivable
imponderable
evanescent
momentary
invisible to the naked eye
impossible to detect
paltry
modest
stocky
scanty
insubstantial
squatty
marginal
nominal
intangible
unclear
model
nanosized
barely perceptible
unobservable
poky
smaller
dumpy
unconspicuous
fubsy
bonsai
efficient
hidden
granular
submicroscopic
fragmentary
undiscernible
shrunken
token
shallow
munchkin
babyish
youthful
low-lying
not long
low-slung
not tall
pocket edition
embryonic
narrow
sawed-off
extremely small
economic of space
knee high to a gnat
close to the ground
boxy
with no room to swing a cat
odorless
US
widdle
untraceable
odourless
UK
indetectable
ultrasmall
gentle
indefinite
barely visible
hard to make out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That which remains or persists over time
lingering
lasting
persisting
abiding
surviving
residual
remaining
gnawing
nagging
recurrent
recurring
ever-present
enduring
vestigial
continuing
vestigal
perennial
existing
extant
living
lifelong
in existence
long-lived
long-term
still existing
ongoing
eternal
permanent
around
constant
alive
prevailing
durable
existent
firm
immortal
steadfast
stable
perpetual
everlasting
fixed
current
undying
persistent
steady
unending
present
imperishable
long-lasting
timeless
ageless
fast
dateless
undestroyed
immutable
established
contemporary
unchanging
long-standing
active
being
operative
about
functioning
strong
operating
live
unwavering
reliable
standing
running
secure
going
changeless
unfaltering
in circulation
working
subsisting
perdurable
prevalent
actual
operational
old
indissoluble
functional
sempiternal
deep-rooted
long-running
in operation
resilient
immovable
unshakable
tenacious
long-established
available
continuing on
on
sustained
lifetime
inveterate
chronic
real
livelong
maintaining
persevering
sustaining
lifetime's
going on
on the map
in force
on the agenda
on-going
all-time
for life
not lost
for all your life
long-held
still in existence
in effect
ticking
awake
developing
dynamic
vigorous
alert
in use
endless
continual
ceaseless
indestructible
incessant
unceasing
uninterrupted
unremitting
unfading
interminable
irreversible
unbroken
indelible
dependable
inexhaustible
ingrained
forever
inexpungible
longstanding
never-ending
non-stop
never-changing
in for the long haul
until the cows come home
more ❯
Noun
▲
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
fault-finding
carping
quibbling
captiousness
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
hairsplitting
nitpicking
complaining
griping
grumbling
moaning
pedantry
whining
bellyaching
bleating
grousing
nagging
hair-splitting
nit-picking
punctiliousness
sophistry
fastidiousness
meticulousness
perfectionism
overscrupulousness
finickiness
scrupulousness
purism
pettifoggery
formalism
literalism
casuistry
pettifogging
pedagogery
thoroughness
faultfinding
criticism
pettiness
bickering
pickiness
fussiness
whingeing
more ❯
Noun
▲
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
provocation
aggravation
agitation
persecution
affront
pestering
taunting
badgering
harassment
nettling
offence
UK
plaguing
bedevilment
bugging
grievance
harrying
hassle
injury
insult
irking
perturbation
provoking
teasing
torment
importunity
indignity
insults
intimidation
molestation
needling
vexing
bothering
brickbat
grief
offense
US
pressure
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
being rubbed up the wrong way
vexation
annoyance
botheration
irritation
disturbance
exasperation
trouble
nuisance
coercion
problem
interruption
distraction
annoying
disturbing
hounding
jeering
galling
discrimination
bullying
disruption
interference
confusion
stirring
ruffling
hindrance
roiling
whisking
derangement
inconvenience
convulsion
bother
intrusion
barracking
dislocation
heckling
banter
churning up
stirring up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of objecting to something
demur
objection
exception
complaint
demurral
dissent
opposition
remonstrance
protest
protestation
expostulation
scruple
demurrer
dispute
fuss
stink
challenge
difficulty
recalcitrance
carping
compunction
griping
grousing
kick
misgiving
qualm
question
boggling
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
doubt
misgivings
unwillingness
remonstration
disapproval
grievance
gripe
criticism
cavil
outcry
dissatisfaction
quibble
censure
disagreement
niggle
squawk
hesitation
grumble
moan
grouse
disapprobation
displeasure
beef
odium
dislike
grouch
reproach
disesteem
declination
demurring
discontent
argument
disinclination
revilement
reluctance
rejection
repugnancy
shrinking
railing
counter-argument
inveighing
fulmination
clamour
UK
clamor
US
flak
formal complaint
murmur
accusation
revolt
charge
condemnation
peep
uproar
indignation
problem
fault-finding
dissuasion
concern
howls of protest
blackball
bellyache
riot
declaration
turmoil
tumult
campaign
knock
debate
reservation
big stink
mutter
word
grudge
hostility
worry
rebuke
reproof
denunciation
disparagement
opprobrium
petition
reproval
captiousness
taking exception
civil disobedience
whine
uncertainty
vociferation
whinge
furore
UK
cry
controversy
wail
outrage
furor
US
yike
annoyance
confusion
dubiousness
lament
hue and cry
guff
jeremiad
rumble
representation
twine
kvetch
chorus of disapproval
howl of protest
statement of dissatisfaction
work-to-rule
contention
dubiety
carp
plaint
anxiety
miserere
whimper
bleat
yammer
holler
bone of contention
question mark
tantrum
outburst
hysterics
test of
scepticism
UK
resistance
contradiction
rebellion
argument against
stand against
defiance
contest
confrontation
conflict
squabble
questioning of
interrogation
difficulty with
skepticism
US
disobedience
quarrel
statement of opposition
blame
stricture
groan
row
whingeing
deprecation
nitpicking
scolding
sideswipe
howl
castigation
beefing
animadversion
bellyaching
admonishment
upbraiding
umbrage
chiding
blast
bone to pick
axe to grind
excoriation
squeal
ax to grind
stick
objurgation
hullabaloo
disfavour
UK
hubbub
commotion
discountenance
disfavor
US
noise
ruction
reprimand
roar
ballyhoo
muttering
distaste
discontentment
boycott
admonition
thumbs down
pettifogging
grouching
chastisement
big problem
minor criticism
trivial complaint
trivial objection
bone
adverse comment
vituperation
berating
reprehension
commination
dressing-down
ticking-off
riot act
dressing down
brouhaha
ruckus
rumpus
obloquy
moans and groans
attack
grumbling
public outcry
public outrage
song and dance
rallying cry
bickering
query
pique
rancour
UK
case
telling off
rancor
US
crow to pluck
exclamation
contrariety
clamouring
UK
clash
clamoring
US
hoo-ha
defence
UK
defense
US
counterattack
negativism
discord
feud
conflict of interest
misunderstanding
peeve
friction
dissension
turf war
panning
difference of opinion
falling-out
wigging
critique
slamming
broadside
slating
smear
abuse
slur
recrimination
bollocking
slam
knocking
rating
vitriol
examen
slagging
denigration
verbal
contumely
swipe
rap
faultfinding
takedown
reprobation
slap
pan
arraignment
notice
aspersion
roast
hit
brickbat
sledge
serve
cut
put down
nit-picking
telling-off
verbal disapproval
tongue-lashing
critical remark
anvil chorus
harsh call
call down
bad press
slagging off
bad notice
character assassination
ticking off
rap over the knuckles
slap on the wrist
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
complaining
carping
fussing
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
nitpicking
moaning
nagging
objecting
grousing
grumbling
quibbling
arguing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
twining
finding fault
finding fault with
whingeing
griping
beefing
splitting hairs
bellyaching
whining
grouching
bleating
kvetching
pettifogging
hypercriticizing
nit-picking
grizzling
muttering
wailing
screaming
growling
inveighing
grumping
keening
murmuring
caterwauling
repining
whimpering
crabbing
chuntering
hollering
squealing
squawking
yowling
creating
denouncing
croaking
mithering
maundering
yammering
kicking
knocking
yawping
censuring
yauping
condemning
chopping logic
decrying
kicking up a fuss
sounding off
picking holes in
picking holes
picking nits
raising trivial objections
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing of
making a thing of
making a meal of
making a big thing out of
querying
faulting
arguing over nothing
protesting
lamenting
bemoaning
groaning
crying out
making a fuss
cavilling at
objecting to
carping about
complaining about
reproaching
raising trivial objections to
disparaging
bothering
going on
picking at
niggling about
quibbling about
kvetching about
grieving
bewailing
deploring
chirping
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
kicking up a stink
nattering
cribbing
mourning
crying
remonstrating
carrying on
plaining over
speaking out against
screeching
greeting
taking exception
opposing
railing at
going on about
howling
bawling
yelping
scolding
sorrowing
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
mumbling
wittering
kicking up a storm
raising objections
expressing disapproval
making a stand
taking a stand
charging
putting up a fight
dissenting
demurring
expostulating
putting the boot in
raising Cain
lodging a complaint
making a complaint
taking exception to
inveighing against
expressing concern
showing concern
running down
squalling
whispering
sighing
blowing off steam
sulking
wauling
weeping
ululating
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
snarling
blubbering
roaring
yelling
talking under your breath
making a scene
making a song and dance
shrieking
sobbing
screaming bloody murder
yapping
excepting
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
pleading
ranting
sorrowing for
sorrowing about
sighing over
grieving over
fulminating
raging
beefing about
grouching about
puling
sounding off about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
blustering
spouting
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
fretting
contravening
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
disagreeing
ascribing
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
refuting
attacking
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
trashing
badmouthing
disagreeing with
protesting against
fulminating against
making a fuss about
speaking up
looking askance
cutting up
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
more ❯
“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
bothering
irritating
annoying
irking
bugging
exasperating
galling
riling
plaguing
worrying
troubling
disturbing
hassling
upsetting
provoking
getting
concerning
rankling
badgering
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
hacking off
getting to
rankling with
nagging at
vexing
harassing
aggravating
tormenting
piquing
angering
nettling
peeving
narking
ruffling
pestering
fretting
grating
burning up
chafing
distressing
needling
rasping
miffing
riding
nagging
perturbing
infuriating
haunting
winding up
putting out
persecuting
spiting
eating
frosting
griping
itching
agitating
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
exacerbating
disconcerting
burdening
discomposing
teasing
rubbing up the wrong way
afflicting
taunting
baiting
oppressing
humping
fazing
disquieting
weighing down
harrying
gnawing at
discomfiting
gnawing
roiling
getting across
hacking you off
preying on your mind
getting on your nerves
hounding
stirring up
driving up the wall
pricking
beleaguering
dogging
besetting
incensing
enraging
offending
bullying
torturing
agonizing
US
goading
perplexing
affronting
displeasing
insulting
hanging over
intimidating
graveling
gravelling
lying heavy on
fussing
browbeating
stinging
stewing
straining
getting at
abrading
affecting
weighing heavily on
discountenancing
getting under your skin
agonising
UK
causing anxiety to
getting your back up
getting in your hair
rubbing the wrong way
giving someone the hump
wearing on
making uncomfortable
getting on one's nerves
getting across someone
causing discomfort to
causing concern to
making waves
making anxious
giving a hard time
making uneasy
assailing
possessing
blighting
hazing
heckling
maddening
niggling at
weighing on
inflaming
dissatisfying
embarrassing
confounding
burning
bedogging
distracting
molesting
gnawing away at
festering
gnawing away
exercising
eating at
causing anxiety
inciting
grilling
running up the wrong way
prodding
starting
grieving
sending into a rage
taking a rise out of
getting a rise out of
putting your back up
setting on
making your blood boil
hitting where one lives
grizzling
setting off
raising your hackles
working into lather
trying your patience
making angry
disgruntling
disgusting
paining
tiffing
huffing
petting
alarming
saddening
ticking off
sticking in one's craw
setting one's teeth on edge
getting your goat
hurting
fearing
stressing
sweating
trying
spooking
puzzling
hectoring
mithering
grinding
ailing
interrupting
giving a bad time
giving someone grief
flipping out
criticizing
US
scolding
berating
lying heavily on
carping
domineering
chiding
criticising
UK
henpecking
eating away at
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
pecking at
finding fault
picking at
picking on
rattling
unsettling
flustering
unnerving
confusing
flurrying
throwing
discombobulating
flummoxing
exciting
flooring
fuddling
cowing
stirring
stumping
disrupting
wearing
making nervous
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
shaking up
putting off
throwing into a tizz
more ❯
“That one thing he said would
niggle
me for the whole twelve days to come.”
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