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Pettifoggery

//ˈpɛti.fɒɡ.ə.ɹi//

Synonyms for "pettifoggery" (49 found)

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General use (48)

Noun(24 words)

fuss tiff subterfuge bicker spat bickering evasion trickery equivocation chicanery collusion prevarication squabble connivance machination tergiversation foul play nit-picking skulduggery captiousness

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sharp practice supercherie connivery dodgery

Noun, verb(13 words)

shifting artifice conspiracy hairsplitting hedging quibbling dodging caviling pussyfooting pettifogging sidestepping parrying paltering

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

shuffling bickering chicane boggling

Name, noun(2 words)

nit picking trichoschistism logic chopping logic-chopping underhand dealing

Informal (1)

Noun, verb, slang(1 words)

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