Word

niggle, v.
(niggled, niggles, niggling)

argue over petty things
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bicker brabble niggle pettifog quibble squabble

sample sentences

"Let's not quibble over pennies"

verb frames

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Sam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue

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Sam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bicker

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

quibbler

lexical pointers

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niggler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pettifoggery pettifogger

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

squabble

semantic pointers

hypernym

argue, contend, debate, fence

worry unnecessarily or excessively
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

fret fuss niggle

sample sentences

"don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
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Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment

verb frames

Somebody ----s
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Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment

verb frames

Somebody ----s
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Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fuss

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fret

semantic pointers

hypernym

worry

hyponym

scruple dither, flap, pother