Nitpick

/ˈnɪt.pɪk/

Synonyms for "nitpick" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

around the bushbeat aboutbeat around the bushbeg the questionbickerblow hot and coldbogglecarpcatch at strawscavil

Strong matches (28)

Related words (47)

hedgemystifyobscurepalterparrypettifogpick holespick nitspick to piecesprevaricatepull apartpull to piecespussyfootquibbleshiftshuffleshysidestepsplit hairstake exception
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tear aparttear to piecestergiversate
Adjective(2 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

More specific

12 entries
carpcavilconsistencyfactual nitpickformatting nitpickformatting nitpickergrammargrammar nitpickgrammar nitpickerpunctuationquibbletypo

Collocations

11 entries
common nitpickformatting nitpickgrammar nitpickhabitual nitpickingminor nitpicknitpick argumentsnitpick detailsnitpick flawsnitpicking habitnitpicky detailspetty nitpick

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

15 translations across 10 languages.

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Danish

1 entries
  • fluekneppe verb (to pick nits)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vlooien verb (to pick nits)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nyppiä loisia verb (to pick nits)
  • saivarrella verb (to pick nits)

French

1 entries
  • chercher les poux verb (to pick nits)

German

1 entries
  • lausen verb (to pick nits)

Japanese

1 entries
  • シラミを取る verb (to pick nits)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пошти verb (to pick nits)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • catar piolho verb (to pick nits)

Romanian

2 entries
  • despăduchea verb (to pick nits)
  • păduchea verb (to pick nits)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • biskati verb (to pick nits)
  • bištati verb (to pick nits)
  • бискати verb (to pick nits)
  • биштати verb (to pick nits)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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All you ever do is nitpick. I wish you could say something more constructive.

Source: tatoeba (269989)

Please don't nitpick just for the sake of nitpicking.

Source: tatoeba (1163472)

I'm not trying to nitpick.

Source: tatoeba (9844336)

It's amazing how Tatoeba users nitpick everything and act all high and mighty. It must be because they're all insecure.

Source: tatoeba (10687114)

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