(ת') שנוטה להתלונן, חטטני, מחפש פגמים; שמתפלפל על פרטים לא חשובים; קטנוני

(ש"ע) מתיחת ביקורת קטנונית

(פ') להתחמק; להתפלפל; למתוח ביקורת קטנונית

adj. tending to complain, carping, nitpicking; that quibbles over unimportant details; pettifogging

n. act of a one who quibbles; occurrence of quibbling

v. use ambiguous language to evade a discussion or argument; make an equivocal comment; make petty criticisms

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Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging
(similar) critical

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Noun
1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
(synonym) quiddity, cavil
(hypernym) evasion, equivocation

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Verb
1. evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
(hypernym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(derivation) quiddity, cavil
2. argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
(synonym) niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
(hypernym) argue, contend, debate, fence
(derivation) quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger

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