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View definitions for niggling

niggling

adjective as in trifling

adjective as in insignificant

Strong match

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Even though she had now met her father, Tamuna still had a niggling question: had she - like thousands of other Georgians - been stolen from her mother at birth and sold?

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"If somebody has some niggling concerns and it triggers them to ask somebody, 'Are you OK?' then that would be an amazing outcome."

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"There was something niggling in the back of my mind, I just knew something was off."

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A painful and niggling neck problem that emerged in the second round of the Players only served to increase his determination to become the first to defend the title.

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Ten Hag is also responsible for making Bruno Fernandes United's captain, with his main contribution here being constant complaining and niggling that eventually led to an inevitable yellow card.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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