Defenition of the word nitpicking

• Defenition of the word nitpicking

  • quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
  • quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer''s mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"

Synonyms for the word nitpicking

• • carping
  • caviling
  • concern
  • critical
  • disapproving
  • fault-finding
  • finicky
  • focus on detail
  • fuss
  • fussy
  • hypercritical
  • pettifogging
  • pickiness
  • quibbling
  • unfavorable

Similar words in the nitpicking

• • critical
  • nitpicking

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