Let's not quibble over trivial matters.
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Quibble
//ˈkwɪbəl//
Synonyms for "quibble" (176 found)
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Related words (88)
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9 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- заяждане noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- заяда се verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- заяждам се verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Czech
3 entries- hašteření noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- slovíčkaření noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- hašteřit verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Dutch
2 entries- haarkloverij noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- muggenziften verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉikani verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Finnish
4 entries- kitinä noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- kränä noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- marina noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- mutina noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
French
4 entries- argutie noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- chicaner verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- chinoiser verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- chipoter verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Georgian
4 entries- უმნიშვნელო შენიშვნა noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- შენიშვნა noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- დაწვრილმანება verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- წვრილმანზე კამათი verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
German
4 entries- Haarspalterei noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- Spitzfindigkeit noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- kleinliche Kritik noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- herumstreiten verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- szőrszálhasogatás noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
Italian
2 entries- cavillo noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- cavillare verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Latin
1 entries- cavillari verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Portuguese
4 entries- minúcia noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- discutir verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- preocupar-se verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- preocupar-se com minúcias verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Russian
2 entries- приди́рка noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- придира́ться verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- cepidlačenje noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- cepidlačiti verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Sicilian
2 entries- fìsima noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- minuzzia noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
Spanish
4 entries- argucia noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- sutileza noun (a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument)
- andar con sutilezas verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- buscar evasivas verb (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I just have one quibble with this product.
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Don't quibble.
Source: tatoeba (2111909)
This is no time to quibble over terminology.
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