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To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons

To show, feel, or cause to feel, concern or worry

Stretch the truth

To complain or raise objections

To criticize or find fault with

To quibble over trivial matters

To nag persistently

Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety

To criticize or disparage adversely

Argue about petty and trivial matters

Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof

A complaint or grievance

The state or quality of being specious

A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes

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Verb

To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons

find fault with

be hypercritical

speak out against

kick up a stink

be on at someone

inveigh against

lodge a complaint

take exception to

make a complaint

raise trivial objections

argue over nothing

put the boot in

fulminate against

protest against

make a fuss about

raise trivial objections to

raise objections

express disapproval

kick up a storm

kick up a stink about

kick up a fuss about

sound off about

bellyache about

complain vehemently about

make screeching

talk under your breath

keep complaining to

breathe down someone's neck

get on someone's back

give a hard time

bust someone's balls

bend someone's ear

be on your back

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“My only gripe, and who am I to cavil at Shakespeare, is that Pacino and Irons do such a good job that the jiggery pokery at the end about rings and sworn faithfulness seems an irritant.”

Verb

To show, feel, or cause to feel, concern or worry

make a big thing of

make a big thing out of

make a mountain out of a molehill

make a thing of

throw off balance

give a hard time

give someone grief

make uncomfortable

cause anxiety to

put someone off their stroke

do someone's head in

prey on your mind

cause disquiet to

set someone back on their heels

occupy thoughts

make someone scratch their head

lie heavy on someone's mind

give a bad time

weigh heavy on someone's mind

cause discomfort to

cause concern to

drive up the wall

get on your wick

hurt somebody's feelings

send over the edge

cause anguish to

cause suffering to

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

be on one's case

be a great weight on

weigh heavily on one's mind

mess with someone's head

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

throw into a tizzy

put the wind up

fill with consternation

be on pins and needles

have ants in one's pants

be like a cat on hot bricks

cause to feel emotional strain

put in traction

cause to feel mental strain

push to the limit

become flustered

press the panic button

go into a panic

be in a twitter

get into a state

throw cold water on

pour cold water on

knock the stuffing out of

put a damper on

take the wind out of your sails

strike terror into

make despondent

give someone the blues

scare the bejesus out of

scare the living daylights out of

stop someone in their tracks

make one's hair stand on end

make downhearted

make someone's hair stand on end

weigh heavily on

catch off balance

break one's heart

scare the pants off

give someone goose pimples

scare someone out of their wits

put the fear of God into

take by surprise

throw into a blue funk

cause to be at a stand

make one's blood run cold

leave open-mouthed

dampen the spirits of

make someone fed up

put out of countenance

frighten to death

give someone the heebie-jeebies

curdle the blood

chill to the bone

reduce to tears

put someone off their stride

knock for a loop

make teeth chatter

take your breath away

make someone jump out of their skin

frighten someone out of their wits

send into a cold sweat

make someone's blood run cold

make someone shake in their shoes

frighten the life out of

scare the life out of

scare the hell out of

frighten the living daylights out of

throw into a panic

put into a funk

cast a gloom upon

cut to the quick

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

bring tears to your eyes

make one's heart bleed

boggle the mind

distress greatly

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

break the heart of

cause someone to lose their composure

blind someone with something

paralyse with fear

scare the daylights out of

mess with one's head

put off one's stroke

undermine one's confidence

knock props out

strike with awe

render speechless

cast a pall over

make dispirited

make crestfallen

strike fear into

fill with terror

frighten out of your wits

scare the pants off of

make discontented

cast a gloom on

give offence to

knock the wind out of

completely surprise

raise someone's eyebrows

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

harsh one's mellow

sap the confidence of

give someone the hump

dash the hopes of

upset the applecart

shatter the illusions of

be all Greek to

set someone thinking

chill someone's blood

give someone a fright

make someone's hair curl

harsh someone's mellow

make someone's heart bleed

break someone's spirit

break someone's heart

cause to lose heart

dampen someone's hopes

chill to the marrow

cause to lose hope

freeze your blood

get the wind up

turn on the heat

throw into a fright

let wind out of sails

puncture balloon

kick in the teeth

take down a peg or two

cut down to size

scare someone half to death

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Verb

Stretch the truth

beat about the bush

be non-committal

dodge the issue

parry questions

sidestep the issue

beg the question

stretch the truth

beat around the bush

give a false colour to

fudge the issue

pussyfoot around

duck the question

evade the issue

straddle the fence

avoid the issue

give run around

sit on the fence

cloud the issue

blow hot and cold

use delaying tactics

be economical with the truth

tell a white lie

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

send on a wild goose chase

pull the wool over someone's eyes

depart from the truth

propagandize^US

make up a story

forswear oneself

not tell the truth

propagandise^UK

create out of thin air

tell a terminological inexactitude

bear false witness

be noncommittal

give wrong information to

kick the can down the road

lead up the garden path

give someone a bum steer

put up smoke screen

lead down the garden path

put on false front

bait and switch

take for a ride

shift ground about

skirt the issue

play it close to the vest

give nothing away

avoid committing oneself

play a waiting game

straddle an issue

dodge the question

play your cards close to your chest

use Fabian tactics

avoid making a decision

pull a swifty on

lead up garden path

pull a fast one on

give the wrong impression

put one over on

be unable to decide

be unable to make up your mind

not give a straight answer to

beat around bush

be equivocal about

be evasive about

avoid answering

find a way round

beat about the bush about

tell a falsehood

tell an untruth

concoct a story

not speak the truth

perjure oneself

say something untrue

hedge your bets

give the run around

lie through one's teeth

take one's time

speak with forked tongue

tell a little white lie

pull someone's leg

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Verb

To complain or raise objections

raise objections

kick up a stink

lodge a protest

protest against

express objections

express objections to

take exception to

express disagreement

express disapproval

remonstrate against

raise objections to

lodge a protest against

be in opposition

express disapproval of

express disagreement with

take issue with

be in opposition to

have a problem with

take a stand against

draw the line at

make a fuss about

raise objection

make an objection

kick up a fuss about

kick up a stink about

oppose strongly

make a protest to

complain vociferously about

speak out against

object strongly to

express opposition

voice disapproval

inveigh against

take up the cudgels

be displeased by

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Verb

To criticize or find fault with

remonstrate with

find fault with

give someone a bollocking

let someone have it

give a talking-to

haul over the coals

lay down the law

read the riot act

give someone a caning

rake over the coals

give someone a row

give someone a wigging

give someone some stick

take to the woodshed

give someone a mouthful

rap over the knuckles

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling-off

give someone hell

tear off a strip

give someone a rating

give someone what for

send someone away with a flea in their ear

have someone on the carpet

slap someone's wrist

give the business

bite someone's head off

jump down someone's throat

lose one's temper with

give comeuppance

express disapproval of

point the finger

slap on the wrist

call to account

call on the carpet

give going-over

give piece of mind

give a going over

tell a thing or two

strongly criticize

come down hard on

rap on knuckles

throw the book at

give a piece of one's mind

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

inveigh against

vituperate against

cut to the quick

cast aspersions on

give a black eye

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Verb

To quibble over trivial matters

blow hot and cold

catch at straws

make a big thing about

put up an argument

find fault with

raise trivial objections

argue over nothing

raise trivial objections to

be hypercritical

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Verb

To nag persistently

give a hard time

be on your back

find fault with

keep complaining to

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

get on someone's back

bust someone's balls

search high heaven

be on one's case

drive up the wall

give someone grief

get on your nerves

get in your hair

drive round the bend

make things hot for someone

discriminate against

give a bad time

rub up the wrong way

punish unfairly

be a nuisance to

drive round the twist

give the business

put the squeeze on

get on your wick

make somebody's hackles rise

weigh heavily on

cause suffering to

make it hot for someone

give someone the hump

make someone see red

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

ride roughshod over

get your back up

get under your skin

give someone hell

breath down someone's neck

show antagonism to

be prejudiced against

inflict suffering on

inflict pain on

rattle one's cage

feel ill will towards

bear a grudge towards

show ill will towards

try your patience

ruffle one's feathers

get your dander up

make your blood boil

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get up someone's nose

get your hackles up

take the mickey

get on the nerves of

be on the back of

take the piss out of

get in the hair of

have your knife into

get the knife into

stick the knife into

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

get on one's nerves

drive you up the wall

put the screws on

use strong-arm tactics on

put pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

be in someone's hair

shout catcalls at

come back to haunt

be a weight on one's mind

weigh heavily on one's mind

take advantage of

put your back up

cause anguish to

arouse anxiety in

throw off balance

make it tough for

jump on one's case

give the needle

rule with a rod of iron

bring under the yoke

bring someone to their knees

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

play the heavy with

get on someone's case

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Verb

Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety

find fault with

be on your back

rub up the wrong way

prey on your mind

get on your nerves

drive up the wall

weigh heavily on

get under your skin

cause anxiety to

get in your hair

get your back up

make uncomfortable

get across someone

rub the wrong way

give a hard time

cause discomfort to

cause concern to

weigh heavily on someone's mind

give someone the hump

get on one's nerves

be a great weight on

run up the wrong way

work into lather

try your patience

send into a rage

take a rise out of

make your blood boil

put your back up

raise your hackles

get a rise out of

hit where one lives

be a weight on someone's mind

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

lie heavy on someone's mind

give a bad time

weigh heavy on someone's mind

give someone grief

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

throw into a tizz

throw off balance

put into a flap

put someone off their stroke

throw into tizzy

make someone see red

make somebody's hackles rise

drive round the bend

drive to distraction

give someone the pip

ruffle one's feathers

get on your wick

drive round the twist

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

get your dander up

rattle someone's cage

get your hackles up

drive you up the wall

be on the back of

make you see red

take the mickey

rub you up the wrong way

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

take the piss out of

give offence to

add fuel to the fire

be a thorn in someone's flesh

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

cut to the quick

get on the wrong side of

be an affront to

add fuel to the flames

try the patience of

add insult to injury

make matters worse

fan the flames of

compound the problem

get someone's wick

rattle someone's chain

irritate greatly

push one's buttons

get on the nerves of

lose one's temper

get in the hair of

cause annoyance to

cause resentment to

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

make an enemy of somebody

be like a red rag to a bull

drive you crazy

hit a sour note

arouse hostility in

push someon's buttons

cause disquiet to

drive you to distraction

drive you round the twist

drive you round the bend

drive you off your head

drive you out of your mind

drive out of mind

make somebody's blood boil

upset the applecart

search high heaven

cause offence to

cause offense to

give the cold shoulder

be disagreeable

tread on someone's toes

be on one's case

make someone fed up

occupy thoughts

do someone's head in

make someone scratch their head

hurt somebody's feelings

be a nuisance to

have had enough

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

get on someone's case

slap in the face

twist the knife

rub salt in the wound

take advantage of

do an injustice to

step on the toes of

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

bust someone's balls

get on someone's back

keep complaining to

take the wind out of your sails

completely surprise

make someone's blood run cold

raise someone's eyebrows

set someone back on their heels

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

make a monkey of

pull someone's leg

to make matters worse

go from bad to worse

rub salt in a wound

rub salt in the wounds

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Verb

To criticize or disparage adversely

find fault with

cast aspersions on

throw brickbats at

give a bad press to

give something a battering

fulminate against

remonstrate with

haul over the coals

give someone hell

give someone a roasting

give someone a bad press

read the riot act

give someone a rollicking

tear off a strip

give someone a bollocking

slap on the wrist

rap over the knuckles

tear a strip off

inveigh against

do a hatchet job on

drag through the mud

vituperate against

give a bad name

give some stick to

bring into disrepute

give a black eye

drag through the mire

bring discredit to

rip up and down

reflect badly on

bring shame upon

tar and feather

spread scandal about

run smear campaign

blacken the name of

criticize severely

take exception to

cut down to size

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

pass strictures upon

give something a bad press

go for the jugular

take down a peg

blacken the reputation of

bellyache about

give someone bondi

look askance at

conduct a smear campaign against

sound off about

poke mullock at

let someone have it

cock a snook at

give a talking-to

take the piss out of

blacken the character of

take issue with

take the mickey

give someone a dressing-down

take a swipe at

jump down one's throat

look down one's nose at

cut to the quick

animadvert upon

give a rough time

find unacceptable

come down hard on

assault verbally

bring under fire

criticize strongly

review unfavorably

criticize harshly

give a tongue-lashing

rake over the coals

lay down the law

jump down someone's throat

hold forth against

show someone up

think little of

protest against

blacken someone's reputation

declaim against

drag through mud

drag someone's name through the mud

jump on one's case

bite someone's head off

snap someone's head off

throw stones at

criticize unfairly

treat contemptuously

take a dim view of

call to account

hold accountable

hold someone to blame

hold responsible

expose to ridicule

hold up to shame

take dim view of

be scornful about

give the business

tell lies about

give someone a caning

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

give someone an earful

give someone a row

give someone a rating

run a smear campaign against

express disapprobation

express disapprobation of

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

be in opposition to

bite one's thumb at

hold up to ridicule

treat with contempt

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

lay at one's door

send up the river

shout disapproval

shoot full of holes

blow raspberries

shout disapproval at

blow raspberries at

give the Bronx cheer to

give a hard time

laugh out of court

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Verb

Argue about petty and trivial matters

have a disagreement

fight like cat and dog

go at it hammer and tongs

have a misunderstanding

be at loggerheads

have an argument

be at sixes and sevens

be at each other's throats

engage in conflict

protest against

come into conflict

engage in hostilities

not see eye to eye

have an altercation

raise your fists

get into conflict

be in contention

put up an argument

have shouting match

make a big thing about

get into a dispute

have a difference of opinion

go for each other

take exception to

call into question

be in opposition

be at daggers with

call on the carpet

be at daggers drawn

come to blows with

exchange blows with

pick an argument

differ in opinion

be of a different opinion

be incompatible

have a different opinion

mount an attack

have a punch-up

get in one's face

put up a struggle

have at each other

jump on one's case

bat back and forth

jump on each other

come up against

become involved

have a squabble

take the field against

campaign against

engage in combat

carry on hostilities

let someone have it

rip into each other

take issue with

contradict each other

go for the jugular

have a slanging match

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Verb

Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

hammer out a deal

drive a hard bargain

work out a deal

transact business

hammer out deal

knock down price

make arrangements

have transactions

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Noun

Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof

dissatisfaction

counter-argument

statement of opposition

formal complaint

taking exception

statement of dissatisfaction

argument against

difficulty with

howls of protest

chorus of disapproval

howl of protest

civil disobedience

bone of contention

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Noun

A complaint or grievance

dissatisfaction

trivial complaint

minor criticism

trivial objection

adverse comment

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Noun

The state or quality of being specious

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

mistaken belief

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

misunderstanding

false impression

incomprehension

disingenuousness

specious reasoning

old wivesʼ tale

erroneous belief

wrong end of the stick

false interpretation

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

overgeneral reasoning

use of fallacious arguments

fallacious argument

subtle argument

misrepresentation

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Noun

A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes

verbal disapproval

critical remark

character assassination

underestimation

dissatisfaction

marginalization^US

marginalisation^UK

mocking comment

verbal onslaught

rap over the knuckles

civil disobedience

a slanging match

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