niggling

Words with a similar base: niggling

'niggling'

[fuss.v.01] as in: worry unnecessarily or excessively

Examples:
don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now

'niggling'

[quibble.v.02] as in: argue over petty things

Examples:
Let's not quibble over pennies

'niggling'

[fiddling.s.01] as in: (informal) small and of little importance

Examples:
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

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