Crossword clues for niggled
niggled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Niggle \Nig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Niggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Niggling.] [Dim. of Prov. E. nig to clip money; cf. also
Prov. E. nig a small piece.]
To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: niggle)
Usage examples of "niggled".
Paranoid and self-serving as that thought was, it niggled at her like a sore tooth, something she couldn’t help putting her tongue into from time to time.
But, somehow, the feeling niggled at him that she was not as dead-set against a free-trade port as he was.
The odds of meeting with a space accident twice in a lifetime were in the millions, but it still niggled at her.
The scheme did sound well-planned, and yet some maggot of doubt niggled at Killashandra -- but her unease could well arise from her poor state of health.
But something niggled at the back of Byron's mind: something was missing from this room, it seemed.
Again the faint memory of Raum turning to Axis outside the Avarinheim and calling something about Faraday back to her son niggled at her mind.
The phrase niggled at the back of his mind, but he couldn't place where he had heard it.