5
nit-pick(verb, hit, censure, condemn, blame)
5
pettifog(verb, support, raise, shift, wrangle)
4
bully(verb, bother, harass, tease, nag)
4
bitch(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
4
chicane(verb, dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle)
4
grouch(verb, protest, complain, grumble, moan)
4
henpeck(verb, nag)
4
moan(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
4
pester(verb, bother, oppose, harass, fuss)
4
pick holes(verb, expression, idiom, complain, disapprobation)
4
take exception(expression, idiom, argue, disagree, tangle)
4
trout(noun, fish, denizen of the deep)
4
whine(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
3
bother(verb, trouble, worry, oppose, object)
3
cut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hit, censure)
3
disapprove(verb, oppose, criticize, fight, censure)
3
find fault with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, censure)
3
get
3
goldfish(noun, fish)
3
hassle(verb, trouble, worry, fight, fuss)
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