Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to niggle
Participle: niggled
Gerund: niggling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | niggle |
| you | niggle |
| he;she;it | niggles |
| we | niggle |
| you | niggle |
| they | niggle |
Perfect
| I | have niggled |
| you | have niggled |
| he;she;it | has niggled |
| we | have niggled |
| you | have niggled |
| they | have niggled |
Past
| I | niggled |
| you | niggled |
| he;she;it | niggled |
| we | niggled |
| you | niggled |
| they | niggled |
Pluperfect
| I | had niggled |
| you | had niggled |
| he;she;it | had niggled |
| we | had niggled |
| you | had niggled |
| they | had niggled |
Future
| I | will niggle |
| you | will niggle |
| he;she;it | will niggle |
| we | will niggle |
| you | will niggle |
| they | will niggle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have niggled |
| you | will have niggled |
| he;she;it | will have niggled |
| we | will have niggled |
| you | will have niggled |
| they | will have niggled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | niggle |
| you | niggle |
| he;she;it | niggle |
| we | niggle |
| you | niggle |
| they | niggle |
Perfect
| I | have niggled |
| you | have niggled |
| he;she;it | have niggled |
| we | have niggled |
| you | have niggled |
| they | have niggled |
Imperfect
| I | niggled |
| you | niggled |
| he;she;it | niggled |
| we | niggled |
| you | niggled |
| they | niggled |
Pluperfect
| I | had niggled |
| you | had niggled |
| he;she;it | had niggled |
| we | had niggled |
| you | had niggled |
| they | had niggled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would niggle |
| you | would niggle |
| he;she;it | would niggle |
| we | would niggle |
| you | would niggle |
| they | would niggle |
Perfect
| I | would have niggled |
| you | would have niggled |
| he;she;it | would have niggled |
| we | would have niggled |
| you | would have niggled |
| they | would have niggled |
Imperative
| you | niggle |
| we | Let's niggle |
| you | niggle |
Verbs conjugated like 'niggle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'niggle'
figgle,
giggle,
higgle,
jiggle,
piggle,
riggle,
sniggle,
wiggle,
bingle,
boggle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make fun of
- befool, bust on, clown around, gibe, gird, gleek, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, mimic, mock, needle, poke fun at, pull one's leg, razz, rib, roast, satirize, scoff, scorn, take the mickey, tease, twit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1599. Origin uncertain, but likely borrowed from dialectal Norwegian nigla (“to be stingy, to busy oneself with trifles”), ultimately from Old Norse hnøggr (“stingy; miserly”), related to Old English hnēaw (“stingy; niggardly”). More at niggard.
Sample Sentences
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I shall so feed your fierce vexation , And raise your worship ' s storms ; I shall so niggle you , And juggle you , and fiddle you , and firk you [c. 1621, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Pilgrim”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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I can see him now with his one eye closed as he came niggling along, and didn't he just give me a grandfather's blessing! [1893, Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, page 177:]