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Very fussy or scrupulous about little details

Tending to be (overly) critical

Dissatisfied or irritable, tending to complain

Fussy or pedantic faultfinding or criticism

An act of stating or expressing one's grievances or dissatisfaction

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

The act or fact of being meticulous or doing something with care or precision

Present participle for to find fault in minor details

Present participle for to criticize or point out the mistakes or weaknesses in

Present participle for to analyze in great detail

Present participle for to manage, direct, or control a person, group, or system to an unnecessary level of detail or precision

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Adjective

Very fussy or scrupulous about little details

over-particular

difficult to please

pass-remarkable

impossible to please

excessively orderly

dotting the i's

crossing the t's

easily disgusted

over-fastidious

particularized^US

particularised^UK

selfdisciplined

going to great lengths

extremely careful

minding p's and q's

scrutinizing^US

scrutinising^UK

encyclopedic^US

extremely particular

encyclopaedic^UK

well thought-out

knowledge-based

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“Hollywood turns brides-to-be into petty, vulgar, nitpicking obsessives.”

Adjective

Tending to be (overly) critical

unfavourable^UK

pass-remarkable

difficult to please

over-censorious

impossible to please

on someone's back

uncomplimentary

full of reproof

severely critical

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“The employee interprets the statement as just another complaint from a nitpicking boss.”

Adjective

Dissatisfied or irritable, tending to complain

not best pleased

in high dudgeon

disapproving of

fed up to the teeth

fed up to the back teeth

with a chip on your shoulder

hot under the collar

ill-humoured^UK

bent out of shape

as cross as two sticks

down in the dumps

like a bear with a sore head

foaming at the mouth

gnashing one's teeth

at daggers drawn

sick as a parrot

have had enough

have had something up to here

with chip on shoulder

have had it up to here

have had a basinful

carrying a chip on your shoulder

having short fuse

hot under collar

have had it up to here with

have had a basinful of

pass-remarkable

difficult to please

impossible to please

down in the mouth

having got out of bed on the wrong side

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

blue in the face

huffy irascible

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Noun

Fussy or pedantic faultfinding or criticism

verbal disapproval

character assassination

mocking comment

underestimation

critical remark

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“Are you accidentally triggering grumpy outbursts with your silly jokes, or unknowingly fueling the toxic fire with your constant nitpicking?”

Noun

An act of stating or expressing one's grievances or dissatisfaction

dissatisfaction

trivial complaint

minor criticism

trivial objection

adverse comment

moans and groans

howls of protest

formal complaint

counter-argument

taking exception

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Noun

Excessive concern with minor details and rules

Noun

The act or fact of being meticulous or doing something with care or precision

punctiliousness

attention to detail

tender loving care

conscientiousness

painstakingness

industriousness

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

comprehensiveness

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Verb

Present participle for to find fault in minor details

splitting hairs

finding fault with

kicking up a fuss

picking holes in

hypercriticizing

complaining about

taking exception to

speaking out against

expressing concern

kicking up a stink

showing concern

inveighing against

raising trivial objections

making a fuss about

fulminating against

disagreeing with

protesting against

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing out of

making a big thing of

making a meal of

making a thing of

arguing over nothing

picking to pieces

making a big thing about

raising trivial objections to

looking askance

putting the boot in

making a complaint

lodging a complaint

quibbling about

kvetching about

taking exception

raising a ruckus

crying the blues

kicking up a storm

raising objections

expressing disapproval

putting up a fight

blowing off steam

talking under your breath

making a song and dance

screaming bloody murder

sorrowing about

grouching about

sounding off about

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

bellyaching about

complaining vehemently about

pulling to pieces

speaking ill of

moaning and groaning

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

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“People can nitpick, but we were going for something a bit more shapeless and ethereal than the usual biopic.”

Verb

Present participle for to criticize or point out the mistakes or weaknesses in

finding fault with

picking holes in

casting aspersions on

pulling to pieces

railing against

inveighing against

fulminating against

nitpicking about

pouring scorn on

giving a bad press to

tearing to shreds

finding lacking

nitpicking over

passing judgment

picking to pieces

throwing brickbats at

detracting from

giving something a battering

giving some stick to

doing a number on

giving the business

animadverting on

complaining about

vituperating against

cutting to bits

passing strictures upon

giving bad press

disapproving of

tearing a strip off

giving someone a dressing-down

reading the riot act

taking a dig at

tearing to pieces

cutting down to size

taking down a peg

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Verb

Present participle for to analyze in great detail

scrutinising^UK

scrutinizing^US

looking closely

examining closely

going over with a fine-tooth comb

putting under a microscope

thinking through

giving an opinion

commenting upon

passing judgment on

examining carefully

putting out a feeler

conducting an enquiry into

testing the waters

conducting an investigation into

carrying out an inquest into

getting a load of

taking the measure of

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Verb

Present participle for to manage, direct, or control a person, group, or system to an unnecessary level of detail or precision

breathing down someone's neck

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