1. (

• fuss ,
• niggle ,
• fret ,

) worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren;

2. (

• quibble ,
• niggle ,
• pettifog ,
• bicker ,
• squabble ,
• brabble

) argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" ;

1. (

• fiddling ,
• footling ,
• lilliputian ,
• little ,
• niggling ,
• piddling ,
• piffling ,
• petty ,
• picayune ,
• trivial

) (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" ;