Pettifogging

Synonyms for "pettifogging" (66 found)

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animadversion artifice aspersion bad notices bad press captious carping cavil chicanery collusion connivance conspiracy covin

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critical criticism cynical exception fault-finding faultfinding flak foul play hairsplitting hit hypercritical imputation inconsequent knock legalistic machination

Adjective(2 words)

discordant disputatious

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measly mickey mouse nagging narrow-minded niggle niggling nit nit picking obloquy one horse overcritical pestering pettifoggery petty picayune piddling piffling poky punk puny

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quibble quibbling rap reflection skulduggery slam sleight small time stricture swipe tinhorn trickery

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pettifog pettifoggery

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[…] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]

Source: wiktionary

It's lots of other pettifogging, degrading things. Things you have to endure, things you never have to think about until they happen to you.

Source: wiktionary

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