What are some alternative words for niggle?
Synonyms for niggle
ˈnɪg əl
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Princeton's WordNet
fuss, niggle, fret(verb)
worry unnecessarily or excessively
"don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Synonyms:
squabble, fret, rankle, pettifog, gag, quibble, mother, chafe, erode, eat into, brabble, eat away, scratch, bicker, fuss, grate, gall, choke, overprotect, fray, rubquibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble(verb)
argue over petty things
"Let's not quibble over pennies"
Synonyms:
quibble, fuss, pettifog, fret, brabble, bicker, squabble
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1430 | mother | |
| #7665 | scratch | |
| #12429 | gag | |
| #12745 | rub | |
| #20976 | fuss | |
| #21204 | choke | |
| #21252 | gall | |
| #27090 | fret | |
| #27707 | fray | |
| #30495 | erode | |
| #33184 | grate | |
| #45562 | quibble | |
| #88869 | squabble | |
| #90291 | chafe | |
| #94228 | bicker | |
| #167642 | niggle | |
| #249874 | rankle |
How to use niggle in a sentence?
There was just a niggle wondering whether the critics had a point. And at the point Alice said to me 'thank you for making me feel like this again'. It wiped that away completely.
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