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Verb
To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons
Stretch the truth
To complain or raise objections
To criticize or find fault with
To quibble over trivial matters
To nag persistently
To cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
To criticize or disparage adversely
Argue about petty and trivial matters
Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something
Noun
Calls to prove or justify something
Plural for protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof
Plural for a complaint or grievance
Plural for the state or quality of being specious
Plural for 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
carps
beefs
complains
grouches
grouses
grumbles
moans
nitpicks
quibbles
bleats
censures
condemns
decries
denounces
whines
bellyaches
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
fusses
gripes
niggles
objects
splits hairs
whinges
chunters
creates
hypercriticizes
knocks
kvetches
mithers
niggles about
nit-picks
pettifogs
quibbles about
finds fault
finds fault with
sounds off
kvetches about
picks holes in
kicks up a fuss
nags
grizzles
inveighs
grumps
mutters
wails
growls
screams
keens
caterwauls
whimpers
repines
murmurs
crabs
squeals
hollers
squawks
yowls
croaks
maunders
yammers
kicks
yawps
yaups
objects to
protests
chirps
plains over
speaks out against
kicks up a stink
reproaches
grieves
groans
bewails
twines
laments
opposes
cribs
natters
goes on
makes a fuss
rails at
argues
chops logic
pickes holes
bemoans
deplores
remonstrates
scolds
charges
snivels
dissents
complains about
lodges a complaint
makes a complaint
goes on about
takes exception to
inveighs against
disparages
picks on
pans
objurgates
bothers
pecks
picks at
sighs
raises trivial objections
picks nits
sulks
makes a big thing out of
makes a meal of
makes a big thing of
makes mountains out of molehills
queries
makes a thing of
faults
frets
demurs
ascribes
refutes
accuses
contravenes
deprecates
lays
disapproves
expostulates
attacks
imputes
gainsays
differs
indicts
disagrees
defies
argues over nothing
sorrows for
grieves over
sighs over
sorrows about
runs down
looks askance
carries on
speaks up
puts the boot in
disagrees with
makes a fuss about
protests against
fulminates against
cavils at
carps about
raises trivial objections to
rants
fulminates
pules
spouts
blusters
cries
howls
mourns
screeches
bawls
yelps
takes exception
squalls
greets
yells
ululates
shrieks
raises objections
expresses disapproval
mumbles
makes a stand
takes a stand
puts up a fight
witters
raises Cain
gurns
whispers
blows off steam
wauls
weeps
blubbers
roars
makes a scene
makes a song and dance
plains
sobs
screams bloody murder
yaps
sorrows
excepts
execrates
curses
anathematizes
cries the blues
raises a ruckus
kicks up a storm
pleads
cries out
rages
beefs about
miaows
grouches about
sounds off about
kicks up a fuss about
kicks up a stink about
bellyaches about
complains vehemently about
quarrels
bickers
rumbles
makes screeching
snarls
slurs
gabbles
sputters
drones
burbles
swallows
muddles
rubbishes
snipes
slanders
maligns
badmouths
trashes
cuts up
slags off
speaks ill of
takes apart
bad-mouths
pulls to pieces
talks under your breath
does a hatchet job on
casts aspersions on
moans and groans
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
▲
Stretch the truth
prevaricates
prevaricateth
lies
dodges
equivocates
hedges
palters
quibbles
shuffles
tergiversates
deceives
fences
flannels
pussyfoots
shilly-shallies
sidesteps
evades
fabricates
fibs
shifts
stalls
temporises
UK
temporizes
US
vacillates
beats about the bush
belies
cons
dissembles
distorts
dithers
exaggerates
falsifies
fudges
garbles
invents
jives
misrepresents
misspeaks
misstates
dodges the issue
parries questions
sidesteps the issue
begs the question
puts off
puts on
stretches the truth
ducks the issue
hums and haws
stalls for time
beats around the bush
gives a false colour to
waffles
parries
stonewalls
fudges the issue
ducks the question
pussyfoots around
minces words
shirks
weasels
adumbrates
subtilizes
evades the issue
hems and haws
sits on the fence
shuffles about
cops out
minces matters
tells white lie
straddles the fence
covers up
clouds the issue
passes the buck
runs around
avoids the issue
gives run around
cops a plea
blows hot and cold
ducks
avoids
circumvents
shucks
balks
US
hesitates
gives the runaround
baulks
UK
dances around an issue
worms one's way out of
flip-flops
rambles
skirts
blathers
skirts the issue
shifts ground about
plays it close to the vest
wavers
fast-talks
bypasses
shuffles around
gives the run around
hedges your bets
dodges the question
plays your cards close to your chest
gives nothing away
straddles an issue
beats about the bush about
quibbles about
gets out of
cops out of
beats around bush
finds a way round
skirts round
fends off
avoids answering
eludes
fudges and mudges
euphemizes
tapdances
dances around
eschews
flees
welshes
reneges
gets around
lays low
slips out
sneaks away
more ❯
Verb
▲
To complain or raise objections
demurs
objects
protests
complains
dissents
remonstrates
deprecates
disagrees
disputes
excepts
expostulates
opposes
scruples
stickles
baulks
UK
balks
US
boggles
challenges
disapproves
fights
kicks
resists
combats
takes exception
takes issue
expresses doubts
raises objections
expresses doubt
kicks up a fuss
kicks up a stink
raises doubts
lodges a protest
take issue with
protests against
argues
expresses objections
expresses disagreement
expresses objections to
condemns
takes exception to
grouses
minds
expresses disapproval
expresses disapproval of
remonstrates against
argues against
moans
gripes
grumbles
lodges a protest against
expresses disagreement with
quibbles
raises objections to
disapproves of
has a problem
beefs
spurns
makes a fuss
quarrels with
moans about
kvetches
draws the line
complains about
has a problem with
grouses about
cavils at
takes a stand against
grumbles about
crabs
crosses
criticises
UK
makes a fuss about
gripes about
beefs about
disavows
criticizes
US
discommends
inveighs
discountenances
rants about
quibbles about
disesteems
draws the line at
kvetches about
begs to differ
frowns on
sounds off
rails against
takes on
raises objection
tangles with
kicks up a stink about
makes an objection
makes a stink
kicks up a fuss about
goes-one-on-one
mixes it up with
denounces
objects to
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
censures
fulminates
dislikes
deplores
reproves
rails
blasts
takes umbrage
takes offense
US
takes offence
UK
blames
decries
disparages
opposes strongly
animadverts
looks askance at
kicks against
inveighs against
finds fault with
frowns upon
complains vociferously about
speaks out against
speaks up
expresses a poor opinion of
contests
resents
protests about
reasons
dissuades
disagrees with
takes umbrage at
demurs at
takes offence at
raises an objection
admonishes
finds fault
objects strongly to
bickers
rains
withstands
picks at
squabbles
recriminates
nags
thinks wrong
rebukes
reproaches
knocks
repudiates
complains to
protests to
slams
detracts
passes on
negates
zings
reprehends
chastises
pans
dispraises
raises an
discourages
makes a protest to
comes out against
revolts
hollers
howls
squawks
rebels
frowns
takes a dim view
expresses opposition
speaks out
goes off in a huff
takes something amiss
smarts
takes something the wrong way
cries out
makes a protest
makes a stand
shows displeasure
takes a dim view of
says no
voices disapproval
takes a stand
takes up the cudgels
puts up a fight
back-talks
says no to
thunders
castigates
attacks
rants
vociferates
fumes
vituperates
berates
upbraids
abuses
jaws
scolds
whips
reviles
rates
kicks up
protests strongly at
declaims against
makes a stand against
chews out
fulminates against
criticizea severely
takes great exception to
puts up a fight against
tongue-lashes
thunders against
makes a protest against
rages against
bawls out
remonstrates about
disagrees violently with
complains bitterly about
expostulates about
more ❯
Verb
▲
To criticize or find fault with
scolds
berates
admonishes
castigates
rebukes
abuses
denounces
nags
reprimands
reproaches
slates
upbraids
blasts
carpets
lambasts
reviles
bastes
cautions
censures
chastens
chastises
chides
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
disparages
monsters
rates
reprobates
reproves
threaps
vilifies
blames
disciplines
hammers
keelhauls
lambastes
lectures
rags
raps
recriminates
reprehends
taunts
vituperates
wigs
asperses
bollocks
flays
jaws
rails
reams
rows
scores
expostulates
objurgates
preaches
trims
puts down
tells off
lays into
pulls up
remonstrates with
tears into
dresses down
rails against
rails at
ticks off
bawls out
chews out
finds fault with
jumps on
lights into
pitches into
rants at
reams out
gives someone a bollocking
laces into
lets someone have it
slaps down
tongue-lashes
blows up
gives a talking-to
hauls over the coals
has a go at
lays down the law
reads the riot act
gives a rocket
gives someone a caning
rakes over the coals
yells at
calls down
comes down on
gives someone a row
gives someone a wigging
gives someone some stick
goes on at
takes to task
takes to the woodshed
brings to book
gives someone a mouthful
raps over the knuckles
gives someone a dressing-down
gives someone an earful
gives someone a roasting
gives someone a rollicking
gives someone a telling-off
gives someone hell
puts on the mat
tears off a strip
gives someone a rating
gives someone what for
sends someone away with a flea in their ear
has someone on the carpet
keeps after
slaps someone's wrist
gives the business
bites someone's head off
jumps down someone's throat
condemns
discredits
flames
defames
disses
rakes
accuses
dishonors
US
jawbones
dishonours
UK
lessons
disgraces
twits
gives comeuppance
lays on
expresses disapproval of
points the finger
calls to task
gives the devil
excoriates
gives a piece of one's mind
calls on the carpet
jumps down one's throat
blows up at
checks
calls to account
attacks
comes down hard on
monishes
talks to
tears a strip off
savages
harangues
lashes
pummels
US
rips
exprobates
trounces
strongly criticizes
draws the line
speaks to
slaps on wrist
raps on knuckles
gives a going over
tells a thing or two
rips into
jumps all over
gives one hell
shouts at
leans on
climbs all over
reprimands severely
exprobrates
arraigns
denunciates
attasks
ferules
warns
pillories
punishes
visits
advises
adjures
counsels
corrects
skins
knocks
pans
harasses
bags
dresses-down
slams
moralizes
US
moralises
UK
speaks
zaps
fries
opposes
scorches
fulminates against
bashes
blisters
chews
rakes over coals
gives tongue-lashing
lashes out
slangs
has words with
trashes
assails
has words
scathes
belabors
US
gives someone a dressing down
tears someone a new one
gives someone a telling off
potshots
raps across the knuckles
severely reprimands
metes out punishment to
rags on
makes an example of
belabours
UK
takes down
browbeats
deflates
throws the book at
finds fault
takes down a peg
gets on
gives a hard time
burns one's ears
gets after
sounds off
goes after
tears apart
carps on
criticizea strongly
tears down
teaches a lesson
cusses out
eats out
gives someone a carpeting
criticizes hatefully
comes down on like a ton of bricks
gives someone stick
picks on
sorts out
ranks on
gives going-over
gives piece of mind
screams at
lets fly
rounds on
brings to account
drags over the coals
criticizea severely
raps someone the knuckles
lays out
sends someone away with a flea in his
gives the dickens
lowers the boom
puts someone in their place
takes down a peg or two
more ❯
Verb
▲
To quibble over trivial matters
pettifogs
altercates
argufies
avoids
bickers
carps
chicanes
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
disputes
equivocates
evades
fences
flip-flops
hassles
niggles
nitpicks
pretends
prevaricates
prevaricateth
shifts
spars
squabbles
waffles
wrangles
argues over
blows hot and cold
catches at straws
has at it
hems and haws
hypercriticizes
makes a big thing about
nit-picks
paralogizes
picks to pieces
puts up an argument
sets to
splits hairs
talks back
Verb
▲
To nag persistently
henpecks
nags
bullies
carps
intimidates
torments
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
domineers
harasses
hectors
pesters
scolds
chides
dogs
hounds
needles
niggles
badgers
berates
bothers
browbeats
bugs
fusses
irritates
picks at
rides
pecks at
finds fault
picks on
gives a hard time
Verb
▲
To cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to
niggles
bothers
irritates
annoys
irks
bugs
exasperates
galls
riles
plagues
worries
troubles
disturbs
hassles
upsets
provokes
gets
concerns
rankles
badgers
hacks off
gets to
rankles with
nags at
Verb
▲
To criticize or disparage adversely
knocks
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
censures
condemns
attacks
disparages
denigrates
slams
pans
rubbishes
lambastes
slates
denounces
blasts
bashes
deprecates
reviles
savages
disses
abuses
belittles
trashes
flames
reprehends
blames
derides
faults
reprobates
slags
depreciates
dispraises
bags
denunciates
pummels
US
flays
skins
carps
mauls
bad-mouths
slags off
runs down
finds fault with
puts down
pulls apart
casts aspersions on
pulls to pieces
has a go at
picks holes in
cavils at
shoots down
carps at
scoffs at
throws brickbats at
detracts from
gives a bad press to
nit-picks
picks to pieces
jeers at
finds fault
gives something a battering
talks down
reprimands
castigates
reproves
rebukes
berates
reproaches
chastises
carpets
impugns
pillories
admonishes
harangues
hammers
vilifies
crucifies
fulminates against
roasts
takes to task
scolds
canes
remonstrates with
monsters
upbraids
chides
rollicks
excoriates
tears into
lays into
bollocks
hauls over the coals
objurgates
bawls out
sails into
takes to pieces
dresses down
slashes
rates
cuts up
ostracises
UK
reams out
gives someone a roasting
backbites
rebuffs
animadverts
remonstrates
asperses
gives someone a bad press
disapproves
contemns
exprobates
judges
gives someone hell
scorns
lectures
ostracizes
US
incriminates
disciplines
reads the riot act
chews out
gives someone a rollicking
gives a rocket
gives someone a bollocking
raps over the knuckles
tears apart
tears off a strip
looks askance
tells off
reads out
picks apart
gets after
tears a strip off
maligns
derogates
decries
slurs
defames
skewers
discredits
slanders
traduces
vituperates
besmirches
calumniates
smears
vilipends
inveighs against
rails against
does a hatchet job on
pours scorn on
libels
assails
hits out at
drags through the mud
ridicules
stigmatizes
US
speaks ill of
dismisses
insults
discounts
rips
minimizes
US
arraigns
stigmatises
UK
detracts
diminishes
lambasts
blackens
jumps on
scathes
hold cheap
trash-talks
minimises
UK
disgraces
cries down
laces into
plays down
scandalizes
US
pooh-poohs
dumps on
writes off
degrades
mocks
belabors
US
raps
does a number on
scandalises
UK
takes apart
lowers
slights
animadverts on
belabours
UK
disapproves of
vituperates against
sneers at
dishonours
UK
blisters
sullies
undervalues
gives a bad name
kisses off
underrates
debases
tarnishes
potshots
dishonors
US
brings into disrepute
gives some stick to
nitpicks about
does down
injures
trivializes
US
stains
blots
gives a black eye
underestimates
casts a slur on
drags through the mire
soils
spoils
besmears
defiles
smirches
misprizes
damages
scorches
slings mud at
laughs at
spots
tears to pieces
reduces
trivialises
UK
blotches
taints
makes light of
shames
sledges
breathes on
brings discredit to
disdains
comes down on
takes down
befouls
downgrades
minifies
flings mud at
gives flak to
deplores
speaks evil of
rips up and down
taunts
muckrakes
disrespects
jeers
throws mud at
execrates
treats lightly
reflects badly on
rags
brings shame upon
brings shame on
tears down
lashes
tars and feathers
take issue with
spreads scandal about
runs smear campaign
deflates
finds lacking
lampoons
blackens the name of
cuts down
nitpicks over
calls down
tears to shreds
pitches into
gibes
anathematizes
sneers
marginalizes
US
scoffs
criticizea severely
speaks badly of
jibes at
marginalises
UK
complains about
zaps
undermines
makes fun of
tongue-lashes
objects to
nags at
bags on
takes exception to
badmouths
rants at
cuts down to size
downplays
teases
fustigates
scouts
jibes
flouts
keelhauls
curses
spreads lies about
devalues
sullies the reputation of
embarrasses
pokes fun at
poisons
sells short
misrepresents
opposes
rags on
picks at
zings
passes strictures upon
gives something a bad press
goes for the jugular
skins alive
laughs off
takes down a peg
accuses
despises
proscribes
gripes about
demeans
bastes
scores
jaws
moans about
whines about
grouses about
quibbles about
grouches about
carps about
twits
frowns on
nitpicks
banters
disputes
clobbers
torments
blackens the reputation of
slugs
bellyaches about
beefs about
whinges about
rails
rallies
questions
cheapens
rejects
gives someone bondi
digs
looks askance at
lessens
boos
conducts a smear campaign against
snipes
impeaches
prejudices
sounds off about
blemishes
devaluates
pokes mullock at
hits
flouts at
slangs
negates
lets someone have it
disesteems
heaps scorn on
discountenances
argues with
offends
throws shade
trims
objects
discommends
expostulates
makes sport of
gets at
shouts at
rides
gives a talking-to
takes the piss out of
blackens the character of
takes the mickey
rails at
gives someone a dressing-down
takes a swipe at
calls names
rips up
jumps down one's throat
passes judgment
sticks it to
cuts to the quick
looks down one's nose at
swipes at
argues against
lashes out at
blasphemes
spites
backstabs
gossips
lies
gets angry with
abhors
brands
takes
detests
refutes
gives a rough time
harshes
reams
finds unacceptable
gossips about
comes down hard on
heaps
assaultsq verbally
brings under fire
humbles
spurns
criticizes harshly
rebuts
declaims
prosecutes
disagrees with
reviews unfavorably
criticizea strongly
compromises
humiliates
blackguards
ruins
destroys
indicts
fluffs
slogs
inveighs
piles in
rakes over the coals
frowns
makes little of
controverts
starts on
starts in
complains
snipes at
scourges
lays down the law
nags
clamors against
protests against
puts hooks in
gives a tongue-lashing
takes on
thinks little of
jumps down someone's throat
thinks wrong
takes a dig at
holds forth against
treats contemptuously
shows someone up
looks down on
animadverts upon
marks down
takes away
drags someone's name through the mud
drags through mud
slings mud
declaims against
weighs into
bites someone's head off
jumps on one's case
snaps someone's head off
disbelieves
persecutes
oppresses
cuts to bits
takes a dim view of
takes swipe at
throws stones at
lashes out
gives bad press
growls
riles
criticizes unfairly
hoses
blows off
cusses out
miscalls
swears at
fleers at
scouts at
charges with
shows up
calls out
gives black eye
takes dim view of
wigs
brings down
writes down
knocks off
complains to
holds someone to blame
calls to account
holds accountable
holds responsible
disfavors
US
remonstrates against
disfavours
UK
expresses a poor opinion of
exposes to ridicule
holds up to shame
rows
charges
digs at
shows contempt
makes a fool of
gives the business
lies about
villainizes
belies
taxes
passes on
raises an
lashes into
tells lies about
ticks off
blows up
gives someone a caning
gives someone an earful
gives someone a mouthful
gives someone a wigging
gives someone a telling-off
gives someone a rating
gives someone a row
pulls up
gives someone what for
slaps down
runs a smear campaign against
lights into
weakens
jumps all over
expresses disapprobation
climbs all over
expresses disapprobation of
thinks badly of
ties into
puts zingers on
casts slur on
yells at
rips into
beats up on
barks at
decreases
withdraws
chaffs
satirizes
US
understates
squashes
frames
punishes
squelches
ribs
kids
razzes
louts
quizzes
soft-pedals
names
pronounces
adjudges
glosses over
brushes aside
holds up to ridicule
satirises
UK
hectors
heckles
cuta rate
takes away from
subtracts from
treats with contempt
declares unfit
puts away
sends up
points finger at
pins it on
blows whistle on
hangs something on
lays at one's door
sends up the river
hisses
catcalls
interrupts
shoots full of holes
barracks
discusses
assesses
shouts down
shouts disapproval
queries
challenges
boos at
fleers
jests
hoots
catcalls at
hoots at
whistles at
quips
blows raspberries
hisses at
shouts disapproval at
jabs
evaluates
blows raspberries at
appraises
doubts
resists
crosses
tars
gainsays
contravenes
contradicts
oppugns
disaffirms
breaks
traverses
negatives
disavows
denies
contests
puts on
pokes fun
makes a crack
weighs
studies
laughs out of court
gives the Bronx cheer to
gives a hard time
critiques
gives your opinion of
gives opinion
looks at
raves
reviews
corrects
reedits
writes up
reads through
comments on
weighs up
writes a critique of
writes a critique
casts aspersions upon
casts doubt upon
calls into question
pins on
thumbs nose at
throws doubt on
throws the book at
cuts to shreds
demonizes
US
jinxes
demonises
UK
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Verb
▲
Argue about petty and trivial matters
bickers
argues
disputes
fights
quarrels
rows
squabbles
wrangles
scraps
disagrees
spars
altercates
spats
argufies
falls out
clashes
brabbles
brawls
controverts
hassles
jars
quibbles
tiffs
bandies words
caterwauls
debates
digs
has a disagreement
has words
locks horns
scrapes
chops logic
crosses swords
has a spat
has a tiff
has a barney
has a row
nastily argues
picks at
trades zingers
causes a scene
fights like cat and dog
goes at it hammer and tongs
differs
has a fight
contends
disapproves
has a misunderstanding
fails to agree
struggles
strives
collides
dissents
charges
varies
wars
embroils
divides
tangles
bumps
feuds
contests
complains
carps
battles
breaks with
objects to
takes on
finds fault
takes exception
sets to
has it out
gets tough with
mixes it up
conflicts
challenges
does battle
opposes
skirmishes
wages war
comes to blows
bumps heads
disaccords
threaps
butts heads
takes issue
has at it
duels
combats
attacks
grapples
scuffles
engages
has a dust-up
has a dispute
protests against
argy-bargies
discepts
goes to war
has an argument
contradicts
gainsays
assaults
locks antlers
confronts
wrestles
tussles
exchanges blows
engages in conflict
nonconcurs
talks back
makes war
has a scrap
engages in hostilities
comes into conflict
demurs
discords
bears arms
encounters
objects
hashes over
lays into
takes up arms
picks a bone
has an altercation
goes at it
take issue with
clashes with
questions
starts fighting
kicks up a row
fences
raises Cain
lights into
raises your fists
gets into conflict
fratches
argues over
jaws
scolds
reams
berates
puts up an argument
has shouting match
makes a big thing about
diverges from
dissents from
differs from
takes exception to
calls into question
cuts and thrusts
gets into a dispute
has a difference of opinion
boxes
plies weapons
comes to grips
jousts
goes for each other
dukes it out
discusses
scrimmages
faces
bandies
agitates
moots
canvasses
canvases
messes
tongue-lashes
rehashes
pettifogs
sasses
bawls out
romps
differs in opinion
has a different opinion
bangs heads
calls on the carpet
faces down
verbally fights
knocks around
hammers away
talks over
hashes out
sticks it to
picks an argument
socks it to
slugs
closes with
tussles with
does battle with
exchanges blows with
scraps with
engages with
struggles with
battles with
comes to blows with
thrashs out
goes one on one
gets in one's face
puts up a fight
puts up a struggle
has at each other
messes with
exchanges views
tosses around
jumps on each other
campaigns
haggles
zaps
palters
jumps on one's case
bats around
kicks around
has a quarrel
has a squabble
has a punch-up
mounts an attack
tilts
becomes involved
comes up against
squares up
shoots
bombards
has a slanging match
contradicts each other
goes for the jugular
jumps on
lets someone have it
rips into each other
marches against
skirmishes with
conducts a war
engages in combat
grapples with
takes the field against
carries on hostilities
takes the field
joins battle
campaigns against
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Verb
▲
Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something
haggles
bargains
barters
wrangles
chaffers
dickers
palters
deals
negotiates
quibbles
bickers
disputes
higgles
horse-trades
quarrels
squabbles
trades
traffics
treats
argues
discusses terms
wheels and deals
beats down
makes a deal
hammers out a deal
drives a hard bargain
Noun
▲
Calls to prove or justify something
challenges
oppositions
contests
criticisms
debates
defiance
disagreements
disputes
objections
protests
questions
confrontations
exceptions
interrogations
remonstrances
remonstrations
conflicts
contradictions
dissents
scepticism
UK
rebellions
resistance
complaints
qualms
quarrels
quibbles
reservations
skepticism
US
expostulations
fuss
scruples
squabbles
stinks
censures
demurrals
demurrers
demurs
disobedience
exception
debate
reservation
criticism
contradiction
rebellion
contest
confrontation
complaint
remonstrance
expostulation
work-to-rules
knocks
grievances
clamour
UK
outcries
tumults
campaigns
inveighings
flak
riots
bellyaches
turmoil
declarations
railings
disapprovals
blackballs
clamor
US
kicks
revolt
protestation
gripes
fulmination
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Noun
▲
Plural for protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof
remonstrations
exception
protests
demurrals
remonstrance
protestation
demurs
criticism
challenges
disapprovals
oppositions
expostulation
stinks
grievances
questions
gripes
displeasure
censures
dissatisfaction
difficulty
doubt
dislikes
disapprobation
odium
kicks
disesteem
hesitation
scruples
discontent
declination
demurrings
niggles
disinclination
squawks
rejection
reluctance
revilements
repugnancy
shrinkings
unwillingness
objections
outcries
dissents
fuss
complaint
disagreements
inveighings
railings
fulmination
argument
beef
concern
grouse
worry
dissuasion
moans
problems
hostility
grouches
grumbles
demurrers
quibbles
uproar
furor
US
indignation
vociferations
furore
UK
hue and cry
clamour
UK
tumults
flak
clamor
US
rows
disputes
commotion
howls
hullabaloos
ballyhoos
noise
ructions
roars
outrage
hubbubs
cries
campaigns
blackballs
bellyaches
turmoil
work-to-rules
knocks
riots
declarations
revolt
rumpuses
brouhahas
ruckuses
nigglings
recalcitrance
compunctions
qualms
cavilings
US
gripings
misgivings
grousings
carpings
cavillings
UK
clamourings
UK
clamorings
US
ferments
exclamation
hullaballoos
hoo-has
outbursts
more ❯
Noun
▲
Plural for a complaint or grievance
beef
complaint
grumbles
moans
grouse
grievances
gripes
whines
grouches
whinges
wails
fuss
laments
carp
murmurs
kvetches
objections
plaints
whimpers
yammer
hollers
protestation
misereres
squawks
bleats
criticism
quibbles
remonstrance
carpings
problems
gripings
dissatisfaction
whingeings
bellyaches
grousings
nitpicking
annoyance
disputes
grumblings
bickerings
protests
niggles
groans
exception
charge
remonstrations
demurs
accusations
stinks
pettifoggings
argument
squeals
bellyaching
axes to grind
peeps
twine
kicks
demurrals
expostulation
challenges
disapprovals
reproaches
mutterings
outcries
words
mutters
sideswipes
queries
rancor
US
blasts
bones to pick
howls
umbrage
rancour
UK
cases
bone
pique
grudges
questions
clamour
UK
jeremiads
guff
difficulty
representation
condemnation
rumbles
demurrers
clamor
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
Plural for the state or quality of being specious
speciousness
bogusness
fallacies
falseness
falsity
hollowness
inaccuracy
phoninesses
aberrations
ambiguity
artifice
biases
casuistry
deceits
deception
deceptiveness
delusions
deviations
elusion
equivocation
errata
erroneousness
error
evasion
falsehood
faultiness
flaws
heresy
illogicality
inconsistency
inexactness
invalidity
misapprehensions
miscalculation
misconstrual
misinterpretation
mistakes
notions
paradoxes
perversion
preconceptions
prejudice
quirks
solecisms
sophisms
sophistry
spuriousness
subterfuge
untruth
non sequiturs
quibblings
bastardy
illegitimacy
bar sinister
hallucination
misjudgements
fantasy
misbeliefs
misconception
illusion
fallaciousness
myths
misjudgment
misconstructions
untruthfulness
incorrectness
fictitiousness
misunderstandings
unveracities
truthlessness
inveracity
misreadings
misimpressions
faults
misreckonings
incomprehension
mix-ups
mistakenness
misknowledge
wrongness
fraudulence
fiction
errancy
confusion
erroneities
confoundings
unorthodoxies
fabrication
misappreciation
misperception
holes
impreciseness
dishonesty
paralogy
trickery
blunders
impropriety
unsuitabilities
unsoundness
imprecision
prevarication
misrepresentation
unreality
quibbles
paralogisms
excuse
casuistics
legalisms
chicanery
rationalization
US
subtlety
rationalisation
UK
lies
justification
tricks
distortion
missteps
defects
failure
more ❯
Noun
▲
Plural for a censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes
criticism
censures
disapprovals
disparagement
condemnation
denunciations
pannings
reprovals
castigation
critiques
opprobrium
slammings
admonishments
broadsides
chastisement
slatings
stick
upbraidings
abuse
chidings
flak
recriminations
remonstrance
slurs
smears
vituperation
animadversions
knockings
nitpicking
objections
slam
strictures
beratings
carpings
cavillings
UK
contumely
denigrations
examens
quibbles
slaggings
swipe
verbals
vitriol
arraignment
aspersions
blasts
brickbats
captiousness
cavilings
US
excoriations
faultfinding
hits
knocks
notices
objurgations
pans
rap
reproaches
reprobations
reproofs
roasts
scoldings
sideswipes
slaps
sledges
takedowns
blame
cuts
nit-picking
put downs
character assassination
bad notices
degradation
underestimation
belittlings
scorn
derogations
diminishments
ridicule
deprecation
debasement
vilification
backstabbings
slander
calumnies
backbitings
prejudice
detraction
depreciation
mockings
belittlement
discredit
disdain
contempt
lessenings
derision
exception
disputes
expostulation
fuss
demurrers
questions
demurs
protests
demurrals
difficulty
protestation
challenges
complaint
kicks
stinks
nigglings
recalcitrance
dissents
compunctions
qualms
unwillingness
gripings
misgivings
grousings
oppositions
doubt
scruples
petitions
civil disobedience
remonstrations
rebukes
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