Defenition of the word pettifogging

• Defenition of the word pettifogging

  • 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 pettifogging

• • carping
  • caviling
  • nitpicking
  • quibbling

Similar words in the pettifogging

• • critical

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