Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

niggling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: nig-gling
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of niggle

adj

adj

noun

A small irritating sensation.

Example Sentences

"My dear Hooker, I am getting very much amused by my tendrils, it is just the sort of niggling work which suits me, and takes up no time and rather rests me whilst writing."
"Sellafield hasn’t suffered an accident of equivalent scale since the 1957 fire, but the niggling fear that some radioactivity is leaking out of the facility in some fashion has never entirely vanished"
"Occasionally a paranoia or slight insecurity that is not based on reality will bring nigglings of that bad time."

Inflected Forms

nigglings (plural)

Derived Forms

nigglingly

Synonyms

fiddling footling lilliputian little piddling piffling petty picayune trivial

Questions

What does niggling mean?: present participle and gerund of niggle

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