cavilling
51pettifogging — adj mean, petty, quibbling, paltry, captious, niggling, over refined, subtle, sophistical, cavilling, casuistic, equivocating COLLOQ. hair splitting, nit picking …
52quibbling — adj niggling, critical, overnice, carping, captious, ambiguous, cavilling, evasive, casuistic, equivocating, logic chopping OLD pettifogging COLLOQ. hair splitting, nit picking …
53hair-splitting — ▶ adjective PEDANTIC, pettifogging; quibbling, niggling, cavilling, carping, critical, overcritical, hypercritical; informal nit picking, pernickety, picky; …
54caviling — adjective or cavilling : disposed to cavil : inclined to find fault and raise picayune ill grounded objections caviling pettifoggers and quibbling pleaders Edmund Burke Synonyms: see critical …
55pick|y — «PIHK ee», adjective, pick|i|er, pick|i|est. U.S. Informal. 1. choosy; particular: »People are very picky this year in buying new cars …
56caveling — obs. f. cavilling …
