Little
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Little adjective – (informal) small and of little importance. Usage example: a little (or small) matter
Niggling is a synonym for little. In some cases you can use "Niggling" instead an adjective "Little".
Nearby Word: littleness
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Niggling
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Niggling adjective – So small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention. Usage example: only niggling differences between the original Broadway musical and the film version that followed
Little is a synonym for niggling. You can use "Little" instead an adjective "Niggling".
Nearby Word: niggled
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- However, the more the hero gets shot at, sliced, and stabbed without getting anything worse than cut or singed hair, the louder that niggling little voice saying "Y'know, if he'd been half a second slower" gets.
Source: Could Have Been Messy - However, anything that promises to "fix all those niggling little problems we've accumulated over the years" is likely to not do that to the satisfaction of anyone, but nearly always produces something that just manages to introduce even more problems.
Source: Continuity Porn - Uncanny Valley: A pair of Yellow Snout males evoke this reaction in Raptor Red: their courtship dance is almost right, but the niggling little differences, not to mention the completely incorrect snoutband colour, repulse her.
Source: Literature / Raptor Red
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Niggling and Little. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/little/niggling
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