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hairsplitting(noun, severe, harsh, critical, demanding)
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nit-picking(noun, adjective, cut, hit, severe)
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peevish(adjective, mean, severe, cross, short)
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picky(adjective, critical)
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animadversion(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach)
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aspersion(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach)
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bad press(noun, expression, cut, hit, censure)
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bickering
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cavil(noun, cut, hit, censure, blast)
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censuring
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chicanery
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chicaning
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contrary(mean, severe, cross, nervous, worried)
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critic
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demanding(severe, harsh, cross, critical, contrary)
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disputatious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome, nit-picking, pharisaical)
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exacting(severe, harsh, cross, critical, contrary)
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fault-finding(adjective, mean, severe, cross, irritable)
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fencing
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flak(noun, cut, hit, censure, blast)
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