NIGGLE (OUT) Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

niggle (out)

verb

Definition of niggle (out)

as in to deprive (of)

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Wicks gave up 11 runs in 6 1/3 innings in his first Cubs stint this season, before going back down to Triple-A Iowa.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

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Many teachers and residents across the county are feeling pinched by Johnson County’s rising costs of living.

— Taylor O'Connor July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
But the chairman also acknowledged how consumers are feeling pinched by years of high inflation.

— Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Definition of pinch

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Along with denying the request from the Carr brothers, Kelly last month denied a clemency request for Olathe serial killer John Robinson.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
He also was denied medical treatment despite developing infections and other health complications while imprisoned.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of deny

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Vehicle stops can be inherently fraught and unpredictable, with the person behind the wheel in control of thousands of pounds of steel that can pose great risk should a driver refuse to comply or simply panic and flee.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
There was more talk of hitting a provisional, but Spieth refused.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of refuse

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What’s troubling to me, besides the obvious, is the insistence on finding a way to continue to eat animals if your body starts to reject them.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Energy and shipping companies have loudly rejected a similar idea from Iran, under which ships would pay a toll in order to pass through the critical waterway.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 July 2026

Definition of reject

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