| pettifog(verb, support, raise, wrangle, waffle) |
| quiddity(noun, objection, complaint, equivocation, CC) |
| bicker(verb, argue, disagree, quarrel, differ) |
| carping(noun, cut, hit, censure, blast) |
| dodge(noun, verb, hide, shift, escape) |
| hedge(verb, decline, avoid, deceive, hide) |
| nit-pick(verb, dispute, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| palter(verb, escape, lie, quarrel, shuffle) |
| pick on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, harass, tease) |
| shuffle(verb, decline, avoid, deceive, hide) |
| take exception(expression, idiom, object, argue, disagree) |
| wrangle(argue, disagree, quarrel, differ, waffle) |
| carp at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, charge, criticize) |
| criticism(noun, censure, dislike, challenge, disagreement) |
| exception(noun, dislike, disagreement, doubt, opposition) |
| gripe(noun, verb, oppose, criticize, dislike) |
| object(verb, oppose, criticize, doubt, protest) |
| parry(decline, avoid, hide, escape, lie) |
| pick holes(verb, expression, idiom, complain, disapprobation) |
| shift(avoid, hide, escape, conceal, objection) |