NIGGLED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

niggled

verb

past tense of niggle

as in complained

to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant you know it drives me crazy when you niggle like that

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Recent Examples of niggled Later though, the conversation niggled at me. — Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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The European Football Clubs organization, which represents more than 850 clubs, complained they were also not consulted on the FFE plan.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Players have long complained about less-lively balls that force them to swing harder to hit them through the court.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of complained

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The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2025

Definition of fussed

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This was 1872, and the pious (and patronizing) commentators of the time muttered that Damien’s unvarnished personality was due to his simple farm upbringing in rural Belgium.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 29 June 2026

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