亚洲网紅露点

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niggling

[ nig-ling ]

adjective

  1. petty; trivial; inconsequential:

    to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.

  2. demanding too much care, attention, time, etc.:

    niggling chores about the house.



niggling

/ 藞苍瑟伞濒瑟艐 /

adjective

  1. petty
  2. fussy
  3. irritating
  4. requiring painstaking work
  5. persistently troubling

    a niggling back pain

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an act or instance of niggling
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞苍颈驳驳濒颈苍驳濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍颈驳顎僩濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of niggling1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; niggle + -ing 2
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Despite playing with niggling injuries, the England man is without doubt the oil that is currently greasing the Real machine.

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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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