Pettifogging

Synonyms for "pettifogging" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

animadversion artifice aspersionbad noticesbad presscaptious carping cavil chicanery collusion connivance

Adjective(2 words)

bureaucratic carp

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (21)

conspiracy covin critical criticism cynical exception fault-finding faultfinding flakfoul playhairsplitting hit hypercritical imputation inconsequent knock machination measlymickey mouse

Adjective(2 words)

hair-splitting legalistic

Related words (34)

nagging narrow-minded niggle niggling nitnit pickingobloquyone horseovercritical pestering pettifoggery petty picayune piddling piffling poky punk puny rap reflection

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skulduggery slam sleightsmall timestricture swipe tinhorn trickery

Adjective(6 words)

nitpick nitpicking pedantic procedural quibble quibbling

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More general

4 entries

arguing legalism pedantry proceduralism

More specific

7 entries

carpingclaim splittingdetail obsessionnitpickingpleading gamesprocedural nitpickingquibbling

Collocations

7 entries

pettifogging approachpettifogging behaviorpettifogging critiquepettifogging lawyerpettifogging objectionspettifogging quibblespettifogging tactics

Inflections

4 entries

pettifogged pettifoggier pettifoggiest pettifogs

Derivations

3 entries

pettifogger pettifoggery pettifoggily

Sample sentences

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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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