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nidering

nidering is the alternative form of niddering.

Meaning of niddering

Noun

niddering (plural nidderings)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of nithing (“a coward, a dastard; a wretch”).
    • ‘Now will I have at thee as a base kern and niddering,’ roared the knight.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 57
    Synonyms:
    nithing

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Synonyms of nidering

Forms of nidering

Noun
pluralniderings
Adjective
comparativemore nidering
superlativemost nidering

Questions about nidering

What is nidering the alternative form of?
Nidering is the alternative form of niddering.

Words near nidering in the dictionary

  1. niddui
  2. niddy-noddies
  3. niddy-noddy
  4. nide
  5. Nider
  6. nidering
  7. niderings
  8. niderling
  9. niderlings
  10. nides
  11. nidge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nidering (page history and authors); niddering (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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