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Adjective
Inclined to find fault too readily
Not easy to please or satisfy
Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
Insincere or hypocritical in nature
Noun
A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best
Verb
Present participle for to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons
Present participle for stretch the truth
Present participle for to complain or raise objections
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
Present participle for to nag persistently
Present participle for to cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
Present participle for to criticize or disparage adversely
Present participle for argue about petty and trivial matters
Present participle for dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something
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Adjective
▲
Inclined to find fault too readily
critical
judgemental
judgmental
carping
hypercritical
overcritical
captious
faultfinding
rejective
cavilling
UK
censorious
disparaging
niggling
disapproving
fault-finding
quibbling
nit-picking
condemnatory
pass-remarkable
hair-splitting
nitpicking
negative
reproachful
pernickety
hairsplitting
cavillous
condemning
nagging
deprecatory
scathing
criticizing
US
overnice
pedantic
censuring
pettifogging
severe
judgy
demanding
hard to please
criticising
UK
castigatory
denunciatory
unfavourable
UK
reproving
complaining
picky
pejorative
unfavorable
US
contemptuous
stern
griping
pharisaic
calumniatory
belittling
cutting
cynical
bellyaching
nitpicky
exceptive
sarcastic
over-censorious
whingeing
derogatory
self-righteous
nit-picky
grousing
grouchy
moaning
grumbling
querulous
grouching
whining
bleating
unforgiving
slighting
ambiguous
equivocal
evasive
berating
damning
unsympathetic
kvetching
culpatory
accusatory
denouncing
reprehending
vituperative
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
mithering
chuntering
deprecating
jesuitical
sophistical
dissatisfied
difficult to please
discontented
full of reproof
impossible to please
reprobatory
reprobative
irritable
crabby
touchy
exacting
cantankerous
peevish
trivial
finicky
testy
perverse
petty
thorny
acrimonious
unfair
contrary
petulant
unjust
cross
tricky
ultra-critical
very critical
particular
scolding
critic
humbling
demeaning
harsh
trenchant
sharp
biting
choleric
withering
satirical
lowering
uncomplimentary
denigratory
abusive
depreciative
scornful
insulting
derogative
depreciatory
detractive
disdainful
offensive
derisory
degrading
denigrative
defamatory
hostile
contumelious
unflattering
damaging
scurrilous
injurious
decrying
slanderous
libellous
UK
opprobrious
libelous
US
discouraging
accusing
unfriendly
derisive
poor
antagonistic
vilifying
adverse
rude
hurtful
nasty
deprecative
maligning
bad
invective
vitriolic
spiteful
upbraiding
inimical
calumnious
jaundiced
catty
low
detracting
sneering
scurril
vituperatory
truculent
scurrile
traducing
sharp-tongued
malicious
naysaying
damnatory
denigrating
admonitory
disrespectful
mean
adversarial
sardonic
slating
knocking
adversary
personal
disavowing
opposing
minimizing
US
vicious
dismissive
detractory
discrediting
minimising
UK
antipathetic
inhospitable
prejudicial
dishonouring
UK
scandalous
mud-slinging
counter
defaming
on someone's back
dishonoring
US
despiteful
malevolent
humiliating
ill-disposed
malign
insolent
debasing
reviling
brusque
cruel
disappointed
blameful
nice
accusive
proscriptive
cursing
fine
admonishing
frowning
incriminatory
accusatorial
subtle
punctilious
familiar
intrusive
impertinent
cheeky
boot-faced
disapprobatory
over-rigorous
overexact
overprecise
over-strict
overrefined
persnickety
displeased
shrewish
scoffing
reprehensive
unpleasant
fussy
maledictory
scandalmongering
muckraking
backbiting
contemptible
arrogant
mocking
condescending
diminishing
deflating
maledictive
slurring
virulent
discreditable
venomous
hateful
irreverent
disadvantageous
sniping
dyslogistic
downgrading
blunt
ironical
obloquious
castigating
calumniating
ranting
aspersive
honest
candid
attacking
aspersing
untoward
libeling
US
injuring
excoriating
despicable
hurting
offending
abasing
libelling
UK
vile
shaming
malignant
disgracing
vulgar
stark
straightforward
realistic
unhelpful
outspoken
undermining
disobliging
invalidating
obstructive
unappealing
uncharitable
vexatious
snide
corrosive
caustic
abrasive
destructive
troublesome
straight from the shoulder
epithetical
warts and all
more ❯
“There's nothing more infuriating than a
caviling
critic's attempts at nitpicking.”
Adjective
▲
Not easy to please or satisfy
difficult
fussy
picky
particular
choosy
demanding
finicky
fastidious
critical
finical
perfectionist
inflexible
uncompromising
rigorous
intractable
obstinate
tough
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
disapproving
strict
unreasonable
cavilling
UK
hard
harsh
imperious
nagging
overexacting
querulous
stringent
unbending
obdurate
hypercritical
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
hardheaded
overcritical
overscrupulous
sticklerish
stiff
tyrannical
dictatorial
unflinching
importunate
grim
unrelenting
boorish
rigid
immovable
inexorable
irascible
pitiless
resolute
unyielding
captious
dogmatic
oppressive
prickly
chippy
crotchety
disputatious
disputative
ornery
hard to please
over-particular
high-maintenance
fault-finding
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-rigorous
over-strict
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
firm
trying
tiresome
judgmental
judgemental
clamorous
exigent
unmanageable
fractious
troublesome
insistent
unsparing
needy
stubborn
hairsplitting
possessive
quibbling
serious
demeaning
cynical
carping
censorious
exacting
pernickety
choosey
fussbudgety
overnice
dainty
persnickety
old-maidish
punctilious
finicking
delicate
nice
squeamish
nit-picking
nit-picky
discriminating
faddy
nitpicking
scrupulous
careful
pedantic
stickling
pass-remarkable
faddish
painstaking
selective
exact
overparticular
meticulous
assiduous
hair-splitting
prissy
obsessive
fretful
difficult to please
fuddy-duddy
fussbudget
over-fastidious
discerning
tricky
overprecise
fiddly
fine
detailed
heedful
conscionable
overfastidious
precious
punctual
picky-picky
old maidish
old womanish
precise
refined
overdelicate
sedulous
queasy
thorough
impossible to please
very careful
easily disgusted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy
fretful
irritable
grumpy
cross
petulant
testy
irascible
touchy
peevish
fractious
cranky
crabby
ratty
snappish
crotchety
huffy
tetchy
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
perverse
captious
edgy
complaining
ornery
uptight
miserable
mean
grumbling
whining
critical
tense
carping
contrary
upset
unhappy
distraught
overwrought
uncomfortable
worried
anxious
fidgety
stressed
faultfinding
agitated
distressed
nervous
overstrung
rattled
twitchy
wreck
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-natured
short-tempered
out of sorts
ill at ease
worked up
wrought up
het up
cantankerous
surly
grouchy
snappy
impatient
fiery
choleric
sullen
chippy
prickly
churlish
pettish
narky
waspish
soreheaded
snarky
crusty
eggy
snippy
snippety
stuffy
raspy
mardy
out of humor
sulky
ill-humored
US
angry
quick-tempered
ill-humoured
UK
moody
whingy
in a bad mood
sour
disagreeable
peckish
displeased
dyspeptic
miffy
sorehead
liverish
cavilling
UK
snaky
fault-finding
argumentative
contentious
quarrelsome
huffish
disgruntled
pouty
shrewish
bitter
obstinate
bilious
pertinacious
annoyed
whiny
crybaby
ungracious
curmudgeonly
acrimonious
peppery
feisty
pouting
truculent
morose
scratchy
resentful
mumpish
shirty
waspy
grousing
on edge
growling
fretting
whingeing
childish
spiteful
cussed
ireful
stroppy
ugly
waxy
difficult
sore
short
disputatious
awkward
out of humour
hot-tempered
out of temper
out-of-sorts
like a bear with a sore head
hot under the collar
as cross as two sticks
salty
vexed
peeved
put out
irritated
piqued
irate
irked
galled
temperamental
livid
apoplectic
glum
curt
unsociable
gruff
volatile
sensitive
bristly
riled
mad
brusque
misanthropic
cynical
hotheaded
oversensitive
harsh
discontented
steamed
wild
hypercritical
uncooperative
exasperated
snarling
crook
steamed up
vex
ropeable
gloomy
bearish
iracund
tough
fussy
brooding
iracundulous
hoha
wroth
jumpy
tooshie
aerated
dissatisfied
acrid
trying
dour
griping
acid
malicious
venomous
vinegary
tart
sharp
hasty
malignant
vindictive
nasty
saturnine
passionate
filthy
obstreperous
blunt
chuffy
in a paddy
in a lather
up in arms
bent out of shape
on the warpath
teed off
fit to be tied
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
not best pleased
in a bate
ticked off
hopping mad
thin-skinned
hot-blooded
having got out of bed the wrong side
foul-tempered
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
on a short fuse
in a mood
short-fused
easily offended
pugnacious
polemical
scrappy
belligerent
gladiatorial
aggressive
confrontational
combative
agonistic
discordant
controversial
militant
brawly
assaultive
warlike
polemic
bellicose
litigious
dissentious
troublesome
hostile
disputative
unfriendly
mopey
indignant
glowering
frowning
sourpussed
sulking
unpleasant
impulsive
uncivil
uncommunicative
unresponsive
excitable
inflammable
rude
abrupt
joyless
embittered
unmannerly
bloody-minded
hot-headed
fed up
easily upset
in a huff
ticklish
bad-humored
like a bear
murmuring
plaintive
got up on wrong side of bed
censorious
disobliging
mean-spirited
cruel
impolite
discourteous
grumbly
moaning
negative
crying
deploring
lamenting
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
unlikable
vicious
eristic
unhelpful
hard to please
huffy irascible
owly
mopish
scowling
downright
brusk
unceremonious
short-spoken
bluff
moping
dark
aloof
withdrawn
dismal
depressed
cheerless
in the sulks
in a strop
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
sharp-tongued
impertinent
brief
aggravated
nettled
aggrieved
furious
angered
bothered
affronted
miffed
wrathful
enraged
flustered
narked
hurt
maddened
offended
harried
disturbed
frustrated
ruffled
provoked
troubled
infuriated
incensed
harassed
hassled
snuffy
snitty
in a temper
brassed off
wrath
in high dudgeon
cheesed off
unamused
browned off
wound up
scunnered
peed off
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
quibbling
trifling
cavilling
UK
captious
casuistic
elusive
evasive
prevaricative
sophistic
sophistical
carping
finicky
fussy
pedantic
fault-finding
hypercritical
pettifogging
overscrupulous
precise
critical
precisionist
scrupulous
meticulous
nit-picking
fastidious
finical
perfectionist
over-exacting
pernickety
nitpicking
punctilious
exact
hairsplitting
dogmatic
literalistic
literalist
formalist
purist
scholastic
casuistical
hair-splitting
overnice
faultfinding
censorious
disapproving
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
picky
particular
nit-picky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Insincere or hypocritical in nature
pharisaical
insincere
canting
artificial
false
hypocritical
phoney
UK
phony
US
deceptive
unctuous
double
duplicitous
hollow
dissembling
specious
fraudulent
spurious
lying
Pecksniffian
faithless
snide
affected
feigning
glib
jivey
oily
unnatural
unreliable
deluding
pharisaic
smooth
fishy
assuming
bland
captious
two-faced
double-dealing
left-handed
smooth-spoken
smooth-tongued
cavilling
UK
counterfeit
pretended
deceitful
feigned
fake
double-faced
dishonest
backhanded
mealy
treacherous
mealymouthed
jive
untrustworthy
sham
lip
untruthful
pretend
hollow-hearted
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
Janus-faced
hypocritic
Tartuffian
Pharisaic
Pharisaical
cynical
unsound
flimsy
dissimulating
untrue
unconvincing
invalid
insignificant
weak
devoid of validity
underhand
guileful
disingenuous
crafty
cunning
bogus
sly
scheming
sneaky
cheating
crooked
perfidious
bent
sharp
Machiavellian
shady
deceiving
mendacious
subtle
unprincipled
unscrupulous
foxy
slippery
tricky
slim
underhanded
shifty
fast
rogue
Punic
false-hearted
truthless
oblique
slick
devious
rascal
plausible
insidious
roguish
catchy
astucious
designing
off
bum
seeming
indirect
mock
serpentine
imposturous
wily
more ❯
Noun
▲
A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes
criticism
censure
disapproval
disparagement
condemnation
denunciation
panning
reproval
castigation
critique
opprobrium
slamming
admonishment
broadside
chastisement
slating
stick
upbraiding
abuse
chiding
flak
recrimination
remonstrance
slur
smear
vituperation
animadversion
knocking
nitpicking
objection
slam
stricture
berating
carping
cavil
cavilling
UK
contumely
denigration
examen
quibble
slagging
swipe
verbal
vitriol
arraignment
aspersion
blast
brickbat
captiousness
excoriation
faultfinding
hit
knock
notice
objurgation
pan
rap
reproach
reprobation
reproof
roast
scolding
sideswipe
slap
sledge
takedown
blame
cut
nit-picking
put down
fault-finding
verbal disapproval
critical remark
slagging off
bad press
call down
character assassination
bad notice
anvil chorus
rebuke
reprimand
obloquy
accusation
attack
vilification
disapprobation
derogation
imputation
depreciation
incrimination
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
charge
invective
indictment
complaint
inculpation
reprehension
calumny
deprecation
impeachment
detraction
slander
scorn
tirade
implication
opposition
dissatisfaction
admonition
attribution
commination
defamation
griping
libel
whining
repudiation
calumniation
moaning
denouncement
riot act
hostility
diatribe
complaining
grousing
brickbats
revilement
backbiting
lambasting
expostulation
odium
discredit
exprobation
bad-mouthing
disesteem
derision
contempt
ridicule
belittlement
scandal
dressing down
traducement
mud-slinging
dislike
quibbling
smearing
displeasure
demurral
exception
execration
grumbling
telling off
remonstration
dissent
hairsplitting
tongue-lashing
disagreement
chastening
bellyaching
rejection
allegation
discountenance
distaste
damning
diminishment
discontentment
boycott
belittling
proscription
trimming
mocking
aspersions
a bad press
citation
thumbs down
telling-off
backstabbing
beef
plaint
libeling
US
aspersing
libelling
UK
maligning
vilifying
traducing
defaming
blackening
black eye
censoriousness
complaints
sideswipes
aggravation
hassle
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
disdain
lessening
degradation
raps
knocks
enmity
rebuff
dressing-down
debasement
stigmatization
US
jab
mocking comment
whingeing
rubbishing
fire
ill will
niggling
fulmination
pickiness
fussiness
slight
reviling
underestimation
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
insults
stigmatisation
UK
upbraidment
cursing
prejudice
mudslinging
maliciousness
scurrility
minimization
hair-splitting
pedantry
bleating
signifying
protesting
shame
bewailing
objecting
lamenting
punishment
grouching
nagging
overnice
reflection
summons
dirty dig
backhanded compliment
prosecution
damnation
count
dissenting
accusing
conviction
sentence
judgement
UK
doom
judgment
US
source of discredit
blaming
warrant
bill
detention
statement
comment
writ
findings
presentment
harsh criticism
a bawling-out
a wigging
a rocket
an earful
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
a roasting
assertion
a bollocking
a row
critical remarks
claim
suit
asseveration
scandalmongering
insinuation
discontent
muckraking
malediction
dirt
aftertale
slime
lie
insult
rumour
UK
crimination
rumourmongering
UK
rumor
US
rumormongering
US
mud
dump
malicious gossip
dirty laundry
false light
tittle-tattle
fake news
false report
smear campaign
defamation of character
low-down dirty
slagging-off
slap in face
cheap shot
lawsuit
gripe
squawk
roar
exposé
stink
rumble
fault
dido
bum rap
finger-pointing
bill of indictment
more ❯
Noun
▲
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best
hairsplitting
carping
quibbling
bickering
cavilling
UK
equivocation
faultfinding
nitpicking
pedantry
perfectionism
pettifoggery
pettiness
sophistry
fastidiousness
meticulousness
fussiness
criticism
pickiness
precision
literalism
dogmatism
exactness
punctiliousness
conscientiousness
formalism
overscrupulousness
finickiness
scrupulousness
purism
finicality
hair-splitting
fault-finding
captiousness
pomposity
rigorousness
casuistry
pettifogging
overnicety
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
unimaginativeness
thoroughness
care
carefulness
closeness
heedfulness
heed
pains
diligence
meticulosity
strictness
awareness
painstakingness
concern
consciousness
TLC
pain
spotlight
painstaking
vigorousness
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons
carping
beefing
complaining
grouching
grousing
grumbling
moaning
nitpicking
quibbling
bleating
censuring
condemning
decrying
denouncing
whining
bellyaching
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
fussing
griping
niggling
objecting
splitting hairs
whingeing
chuntering
creating
hypercriticizing
knocking
kvetching
mithering
niggling about
nit-picking
pettifogging
quibbling about
finding fault
finding fault with
sounding off
kvetching about
picking holes in
kicking up a fuss
nagging
grizzling
inveighing
grumping
muttering
wailing
growling
screaming
keening
caterwauling
whimpering
repining
murmuring
crabbing
squealing
hollering
squawking
yowling
croaking
maundering
yammering
kicking
yawping
yauping
objecting to
protesting
chirping
plaining over
speaking out against
kicking up a stink
reproaching
grieving
groaning
bewailing
twining
lamenting
opposing
nattering
cribbing
going on
making a fuss
railing at
arguing
chopping logic
picking holes
bemoaning
deploring
remonstrating
scolding
charging
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
dissenting
complaining about
taking exception to
going on about
inveighing against
making a complaint
lodging a complaint
disparaging
picking on
pecking
bothering
panning
objurgating
picking at
sighing
raising trivial objections
picking nits
sulking
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing out of
making a big thing of
making a meal of
querying
making a thing of
faulting
fretting
demurring
contravening
disagreeing
ascribing
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
expostulating
refuting
attacking
arguing over nothing
sorrowing for
grieving over
sorrowing about
sighing over
speaking up
looking askance
putting the boot in
running down
carrying on
making a fuss about
fulminating against
disagreeing with
protesting against
cavilling at
carping about
raising trivial objections to
ranting
fulminating
puling
blustering
spouting
cavilling
UK
crying
mourning
taking exception
howling
screeching
greeting
bawling
yelping
raising objections
expressing disapproval
mumbling
making a stand
taking a stand
putting up a fight
wittering
raising Cain
gurning
whispering
squalling
blowing off steam
wauling
weeping
ululating
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
blubbering
roaring
yelling
making a scene
making a song and dance
shrieking
sobbing
screaming bloody murder
yapping
sorrowing
excepting
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
kicking up a storm
pleading
crying out
raging
beefing about
grouching about
sounding off about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
rumbling
gabbling
sputtering
muddling
swallowing
slurring
snarling
droning
burbling
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
trashing
badmouthing
cutting up
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
talking under your breath
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
more ❯
“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
▲
Present participle for stretch the truth
prevaricating
lying
dodging
equivocating
hedging
paltering
quibbling
shuffling
tergiversating
deceiving
fencing
flanneling
flannelling
pussyfooting
shilly-shallying
sidestepping
evading
fabricating
fibbing
shifting
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
vacillating
beating about the bush
belying
conning
dissembling
distorting
dithering
exaggerating
falsifying
fudging
garbling
inventing
jiving
misrepresenting
misspeaking
misstating
dodging the issue
parrying questions
sidestepping the issue
begging the question
putting off
putting on
stretching the truth
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
stalling for time
beating around the bush
giving a false colour to
waffling
parrying
stonewalling
fudging the issue
ducking the question
pussyfooting around
mincing words
shirking
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
adumbrating
subtilizing
evading the issue
hemming and hawing
sitting on the fence
shuffling about
copping out
covering up
straddling the fence
copping a plea
mincing matters
passing the buck
running around
blowing hot and cold
avoiding the issue
telling white lie
clouding the issue
giving run around
cavilling
UK
ducking
avoiding
circumventing
shucking
balking
US
hesitating
giving the runaround
baulking
UK
dancing around an issue
worming one's way out of
flip-flopping
rambling
skirting
blathering
skirting the issue
shifting ground about
playing it close to the vest
wavering
fast-talking
bypassing
hedging your bets
giving the run around
shuffling around
straddling an issue
dodging the question
giving nothing away
playing your cards close to your chest
copping out of
beating about the bush about
getting out of
beating around bush
quibbling about
fending off
finding a way round
skirting round
avoiding answering
eluding
fudging and mudging
tapdancing
dancing around
euphemizing
eschewing
welshing
reneging
fleeing
getting around
sneaking away
slipping out
laying low
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or raise objections
demurring
objecting
protesting
complaining
dissenting
remonstrating
deprecating
disagreeing
disputing
excepting
expostulating
opposing
scrupling
stickling
baulking
UK
balking
US
boggling
challenging
disapproving
fighting
kicking
resisting
combatting
combating
taking exception
taking issue
expressing doubts
raising objections
expressing doubt
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
raising doubts
lodging a protest
arguing
expressing objections
protesting against
grousing
minding
condemning
expressing disapproval
taking exception to
expressing objections to
expressing disagreement
lodging a protest against
expressing disapproval of
arguing against
raising objections to
expressing disagreement with
moaning
quibbling
grumbling
griping
remonstrating against
beefing
taking issue with
having a problem
quarreling with
disapproving of
spurning
making a fuss
grumbling about
cavilling at
kvetching
having a problem with
drawing the line
grousing about
complaining about
taking a stand against
moaning about
criticizing
US
discommending
discountenancing
inveighing
criticising
UK
drawing the line at
crabbing
crossing
making a fuss about
disavowing
disesteeming
griping about
ranting about
beefing about
quibbling about
kvetching about
begging to differ
frowning on
sounding off
taking on
railing against
raising objection
kicking up a fuss about
making an objection
making a stink
kicking up a stink about
tangling with
going-one-on-one
mixing it up with
cavilling
UK
denouncing
objecting to
disfavoring
disfavouring
disliking
deploring
reproving
censuring
taking offence
taking offense
taking umbrage
decrying
blaming
disparaging
not supporting
looking askance at
animadverting
speaking up
finding fault with
frowning upon
expressing a poor opinion of
contesting
reasoning
dissuading
resenting
protesting about
admonishing
repudiating
taking offence at
demurring at
raising an objection
disagreeing with
taking umbrage at
thinking wrong
rebuking
reproaching
opposing strongly
protesting to
complaining to
knocking
making a protest to
dispraising
reprehending
slamming
passing on
panning
chastising
zinging
raising an
negating
detracting
objecting strongly to
squabbling
finding fault
speaking out against
nagging
bickering
complaining vociferously about
picking at
withstanding
recriminating
raining
railing
fulminating
coming out against
revolting
hollering
blasting
rebelling
squawking
howling
taking a dim view
going off in a huff
taking something amiss
smarting
taking something the wrong way
speaking out
expressing opposition
making a protest
making a stand
crying out
saying no
voicing disapproval
taking a stand
discouraging
kicking against
inveighing against
putting up a fight
saying no to
taking up the cudgels
back-talking
frowning
showing displeasure
not taking kindly to
taking a dim view of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
scolding
berating
admonishing
castigating
rebuking
abusing
denouncing
nagging
reprimanding
reproaching
slating
upbraiding
blasting
carpeting
lambasting
reviling
basting
cautioning
censuring
chastening
chastising
chiding
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
disparaging
rating
reprobating
reproving
threaping
vilifying
blaming
disciplining
hammering
keelhauling
lecturing
ragging
rapping
recriminating
reprehending
taunting
vituperating
wigging
aspersing
bollocking
flaying
jawing
railing
reaming
rowing
scoring
expostulating
objurgating
preaching
trimming
putting down
telling off
laying into
pulling up
remonstrating with
tearing into
dressing down
railing against
railing at
ticking off
bawling out
chewing out
finding fault with
jumping on
lighting to
pitching into
ranting at
reaming out
giving someone a bollocking
lacing to
letting someone have it
slapping down
tongue-lashing
blowing up
giving a talking-to
hauling over the coals
having a go at
laying down the law
reading the riot act
giving a rocket
giving someone a caning
raking over the coals
yelling at
calling down
coming down on
giving someone a row
giving someone a wigging
giving someone some stick
going on at
taking to task
taking to the woodshed
bringing to book
giving someone a mouthful
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone an earful
giving someone a roasting
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone hell
putting on the mat
tearing off a strip
giving someone a rating
giving someone what for
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
having someone on the carpet
keeping after
slapping someone's wrist
giving the business
biting someone's head off
jumping down someone's throat
condemning
discrediting
flaming
defaming
dissing
raking
lessoning
twitting
dishonoring
US
accusing
jawboning
disgracing
dishonouring
UK
giving comeuppance
laying on
expressing disapproval of
pointing the finger
calling to task
giving the devil
cavilling
UK
excoriating
giving a piece of one's mind
calling on the carpet
jumping down one's throat
blowing up at
checking
calling to account
attacking
coming down hard on
monishing
talking to
tearing a strip off
savaging
haranguing
lashing
pummelling
UK
pummeling
ripping
exprobating
trouncing
strongly criticizing
drawing the line
speaking to
slapping on wrist
rapping on knuckles
giving a going over
telling a thing or two
ripping into
giving one hell
jumping all over
shouting at
climbing all over
leaning on
reprimanding severely
exprobrating
arraigning
denunciating
attasking
pillorying
punishing
warning
feruling
visiting
panning
skinning
knocking
adjuring
advising
counseling
US
counselling
UK
correcting
harassing
bagging
dressing-down
slamming
moralizing
US
moralising
UK
zapping
opposing
frying
speaking
scorching
fulminating against
bashing
chewing
blistering
raking over coals
giving tongue-lashing
lashing out
slanging
having words with
trashing
assailing
having words
scathing
belaboring
US
giving someone a telling off
tearing someone a new one
potshotting
rapping across the knuckles
severely reprimanding
ragging on
making an example of
meting out punishment to
belabouring
UK
taking down
deflating
browbeating
finding fault
getting after
getting on
giving a hard time
taking down a peg
burning one's ears
throwing the book at
carping on
sounding off
tearing apart
going after
teaching a lesson
criticizing strongly
tearing down
criticizing hatefully
eating out
cussing out
giving someone a carpeting
picking on
sorting out
coming down on like a ton of bricks
giving someone stick
giving piece of mind
ranking on
giving going-over
screaming at
rounding on
letting fly
bringing to account
dragging over the coals
criticizing severely
laying out
rapping someone the knuckles
sending someone away with a flea in his
lowering the boom
giving the dickens
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
pettifogging
altercating
argufying
avoiding
bickering
carping
chicaning
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
disputing
equivocating
evading
fencing
flip-flopping
hassling
niggling
nitpicking
pretending
prevaricating
shifting
sparring
squabbling
waffling
wrangling
arguing over
blowing hot and cold
catching at straws
having at it
hemming and hawing
hypercriticizing
making a big thing about
nit-picking
paralogizing
picking to pieces
putting up an argument
setting to
splitting hairs
talking back
Verb
▲
Present participle for to nag persistently
henpecking
nagging
bullying
carping
intimidating
tormenting
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
domineering
harassing
hectoring
pestering
scolding
chiding
dogging
hounding
needling
niggling
badgering
berating
bothering
browbeating
bugging
fussing
irritating
picking at
riding
pecking at
finding fault
picking on
giving a hard time
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
niggling
bothering
irritating
annoying
irking
bugging
exasperating
galling
riling
plaguing
worrying
troubling
disturbing
hassling
upsetting
provoking
getting
concerning
rankling
badgering
hacking off
getting to
rankling with
nagging at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or disparage adversely
knocking
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
censuring
condemning
attacking
disparaging
denigrating
slamming
panning
rubbishing
lambasting
slating
denouncing
blasting
bashing
deprecating
reviling
savaging
dissing
abusing
belittling
trashing
flaming
reprehending
blaming
deriding
faulting
reprobating
slagging
depreciating
dispraising
bagging
denunciating
pummelling
UK
pummeling
flaying
skinning
carping
mauling
bad-mouthing
slagging off
running down
finding fault with
putting down
pulling apart
casting aspersions on
pulling to pieces
having a go at
picking holes in
cavilling at
shooting down
carping at
scoffing at
throwing brickbats at
detracting from
giving a bad press to
nit-picking
picking to pieces
jeering at
finding fault
giving something a battering
talking down
reprimanding
castigating
reproving
rebuking
reproaching
berating
chastising
carpeting
impugning
admonishing
pillorying
haranguing
crucifying
fulminating against
vilifying
hammering
scolding
taking to task
caning
remonstrating with
roasting
laying into
rollicking
tearing into
upbraiding
excoriating
chiding
slashing
hauling over the coals
bawling out
taking to pieces
dressing down
rating
sailing into
bollocking
objurgating
cutting up
ostracizing
US
aspersing
disciplining
exprobating
giving someone a roasting
ostracising
UK
scorning
giving someone a bad press
animadverting
giving someone hell
incriminating
remonstrating
judging
contemning
disapproving
backbiting
lecturing
reaming out
rebuffing
giving a rocket
giving someone a rollicking
chewing out
reading the riot act
reading out
telling off
getting after
looking askance
rapping over the knuckles
tearing off a strip
tearing apart
giving someone a bollocking
picking apart
tearing a strip off
cavilling
UK
maligning
derogating
decrying
slurring
defaming
skewering
discrediting
slandering
traducing
vituperating
besmirching
calumniating
vilipending
inveighing against
railing against
doing a hatchet job on
smearing
pouring scorn on
libeling
US
libelling
UK
hitting out at
assailing
dragging through the mud
ridiculing
stigmatizing
US
speaking ill of
dismissing
insulting
discounting
minimizing
US
arraigning
ripping
stigmatising
UK
detracting
diminishing
blackening
jumping on
scathing
trash-talking
minimising
UK
disgracing
crying down
lacing to
playing down
scandalizing
US
pooh-poohing
dumping on
degrading
mocking
belaboring
US
rapping
doing a number on
scandalising
UK
taking apart
lowering
slighting
animadverting on
belabouring
UK
disapproving of
vituperating against
sneering at
dishonouring
UK
blistering
sullying
undervaluing
giving a bad name
kissing off
underrating
debasing
tarnishing
potshotting
dishonoring
US
bringing into disrepute
giving some stick to
nitpicking about
doing down
injuring
trivializing
US
blotting
staining
giving a black eye
underestimating
casting a slur on
dragging through the mire
soiling
defiling
besmearing
smirching
spoiling
misprizing
damaging
scorching
slinging mud at
laughing at
spotting
tearing to pieces
reducing
trivialising
UK
blotching
tainting
making light of
shaming
sledging
breathing on
bringing discredit to
disdaining
befouling
holding cheap
downgrading
minifying
flinging mud at
giving flak to
deploring
speaking evil of
ripping up and down
taunting
muckraking
disrespecting
jeering
throwing mud at
execrating
treating lightly
coming down on
reflecting badly on
taking down
ragging
bringing shame upon
bringing shame on
tearing down
lashing
tarring and feathering
running smear campaign
spreading scandal about
deflating
finding lacking
lampooning
blackening the name of
cutting down
nitpicking over
calling down
tearing to shreds
pitching into
gibing
anathematizing
sneering
marginalizing
US
scoffing
criticizing severely
speaking badly of
jibing at
marginalising
UK
complaining about
undermining
making fun of
tongue-lashing
objecting to
nagging at
bagging on
taking exception to
badmouthing
ranting at
cutting down to size
look down one's nose at
downplaying
teasing
fustigating
scouting
jibing
flouting
keelhauling
cursing
spreading lies about
devaluing
sullying the reputation of
embarrassing
poking fun at
poisoning
selling short
misrepresenting
ragging on
picking at
passing strictures upon
giving something a bad press
going for the jugular
laughing off
taking down a peg
accusing
despising
proscribing
griping about
demeaning
basting
scoring
jawing
grousing about
moaning about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
twitting
frowning on
nitpicking
bantering
clobbering
tormenting
blackening the reputation of
zapping
slugging
beefing about
whingeing about
bellyaching about
railing
rallying
cheapening
rejecting
giving someone bondi
digging
looking askance at
lessening
booing
conducting a smear campaign against
sniping
prejudicing
sounding off about
blemishing
devaluating
poking mullock at
hitting
flouting at
slanging
letting someone have it
disesteeming
heaping scorn on
discountenancing
arguing with
offending
throwing shade
trimming
discommending
objecting
expostulating
making sport of
getting at
shouting at
riding
giving a talking-to
taking the piss out of
blackening the character of
taking the mickey
railing at
opposing
giving someone a dressing-down
taking a swipe at
calling names
zinging
ripping up
jumping down one's throat
arguing against
taking issue with
cutting to the quick
passing judgment
lashing out at
blaspheming
gossipping
backstabbing
lying
spiting
gossiping
getting angry with
abhorring
branding
taking
detesting
refuting
giving a rough time
harshing
reaming
finding unacceptable
gossiping about
coming down hard on
heaping
assaulting verbally
bringing under fire
criticizing harshly
spurning
humbling
declaiming
prosecuting
disagreeing with
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
compromising
humiliating
ruining
blackguarding
destroying
indicting
impeaching
slogging
inveighing
fluffing
piling in
raking over the coals
scourging
starting on
starting in
complaining
sniping at
laying down the law
nagging
frowning
making little of
clamoring against
questioning
protesting against
putting hooks in
giving a tongue-lashing
taking on
jumping down someone's throat
taking a dig at
holding forth against
showing someone up
treating contemptuously
thinking little of
looking down on
animadverting upon
dragging someone's name through the mud
dragging through mud
slinging mud
marking down
taking away
declaiming against
disputing
rebutting
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
biting someone's head off
weighing into
oppressing
persecuting
disbelieving
cutting to bits
taking a dim view of
throwing stones at
taking swipe at
lashing out
skinning alive
giving bad press
growling
riling
bringing down
knocking off
writing down
thinking wrong
not supporting
criticizing unfairly
miscalling
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
hosing
fleering at
scouting at
charging with
showing up
giving black eye
not going for
calling out
controverting
wigging
holding responsible
holding someone to blame
holding accountable
complaining to
calling to account
exposing to ridicule
holding up to shame
taking dim view of
rowing
charging
showing contempt
making a fool of
digging at
giving the business
lying about
villainizing
belying
lashing into
taxing
telling lies about
giving someone a wigging
ticking off
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone what for
giving someone a row
blowing up
giving someone an earful
pulling up
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone a rating
giving someone a caning
slapping down
negating
expressing a poor opinion of
disfavouring
disfavoring
remonstrating against
running a smear campaign against
lighting to
sticking it to
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
jumping all over
expressing disapprobation of
climbing all over
tying into
casting slur on
putting zingers on
yelling at
beating up on
ripping into
raising an
passing on
barking at
weakening
decreasing
chaffing
withdrawing
satirizing
US
framing
punishing
understating
louting
ribbing
razzing
quizzing
kidding
naming
adjudging
pronouncing
squashing
squelching
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
holding up to ridicule
satirising
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hectoring
heckling
brushing aside
glossing over
treating with contempt
cutting rate
taking away from
subtracting from
declaring unfit
putting away
sending up
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
laying at one's door
pinning it on
sending up the river
catcalling
hissing
interrupting
barracking
shooting full of holes
shouting disapproval
shouting down
fleering
hooting
jabbing
hooting at
blowing raspberries
quipping
catcalling at
booing at
hissing at
whistling at
shouting disapproval at
jesting
blowing raspberries at
poking fun
putting on
making a crack
laughing out of court
giving the Bronx cheer to
giving a hard time
demonizing
US
jinxing
demonising
UK
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Present participle for argue about petty and trivial matters
bickering
arguing
disputing
fighting
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
rowing
squabbling
wrangling
scrapping
disagreeing
sparring
altercating
spatting
argufying
falling out
clashing
brabbling
brawling
controverting
hassling
jarring
quibbling
tiffing
bandying words
caterwauling
debating
digging
having a disagreement
having words
locking horns
scraping
chopping logic
crossing swords
having a spat
having a tiff
having a barney
having a row
nastily arguing
picking at
trading zingers
causing a scene
fighting like cat and dog
going at it hammer and tongs
differing
having a fight
battling
tangling
striving
colliding
dissenting
bumping
struggling
warring
feuding
dividing
contesting
complaining
disapproving
carping
varying
failing to agree
contending
charging
having a misunderstanding
embroiling
taking on
setting to
finding fault
breaking with
taking exception
objecting to
having it out
getting tough with
mixing it up
cavilling
UK
threaping
encountering
hashing over
waging war
having an argument
bumping heads
having at it
taking up arms
laying into
lighting to
duelling
UK
dueling
US
discussing
discepting
bandying
agitating
canvasing
canvassing
mooting
pettifogging
rehashing
sassing
talking over
hashing out
hammering away
facing down
argy-bargying
knocking around
verbally fighting
talking back
thrashing out
having an altercation
exchanging views
jumping on one's case
kicking around
picking a bone
batting around
tossing around
sticking it to
picking an argument
socking it to
going one on one
putting up a fight
putting up a struggle
having at each other
getting in one's face
jumping on each other
combating
combatting
grappling
campaigning
attacking
engaging
tilting
going to war
taking the field
shooting
marching against
carrying on hostilities
bombarding
joining battle
engaging in combat
taking the field against
conducting a war
making war
bearing arms
campaigning against
coming to blows
challenging
clashing with
doing battle
grappling with
engaging in hostilities
skirmishing with
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Present participle for dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something
haggling
bargaining
bartering
wrangling
chaffering
dickering
paltering
dealing
negotiating
quibbling
bickering
disputing
higgling
horse-trading
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
squabbling
trading
trafficking
treating
arguing
discussing terms
wheeling and dealing
beating down
making a deal
hammering out a deal
driving a hard bargain
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