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Hairsplitting

Synonyms for "hairsplitting" (124 found)

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Informal (14)

Adj, name, noun, pron, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

delicate picayune

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

slam swipe quibble nit fencing

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (110)

Noun(45 words)

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Adj, noun, verb(10 words)

subtle refined shuffling trifling bickering niggling chicane nagging carping boggling

Adj, noun(5 words)

critical trivial faultfinding hairline choplogic

Noun, verb(14 words)

shifting nuance cavil pestering hedging niggle quibbling dodging caviling pussyfooting pettifogging sidestepping parrying paltering

Adjective(17 words)

evasive cynical finespun captious hypersensitive overnice oversensitive overcritical hypercritical overconscientious overprecise overscrupulous equivocatory ultracritical overparticular overfastidious oversqueamish

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

nit picking trichoschistism bad notices logic chopping adverse criticism hostile criticism logic-chopping trichoschistic nice distinction shade of difference subtle distinction microscopic distinction morbidly sensitive overmeticulous morbid sensibility overmeticulousness

Verb(1 words)

taking exception

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