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| awkward(argumentative, quarrelsome) | |
| bad tempered(expression, adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| belittling | |
| bellyaching(critical, dissatisfied, disparaging, complaining) | |
| berating(critical, reproachful) | |
| biting | |
| blame(noun, censure, reproach, disapproval, condemnation) | |
| brickbat(noun, criticism) | |
| casuistic(adjective, trifling, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| casuistry | |
| cheating | |
| chicane | |
| childish(mean, irritable, crabby, cranky, testy) | |
| condemnation(noun, censure, reproach, disapproval, disparagement) | |
| condemnatory(adjective, severe, critical, disapproving, nit-picking) | |
| contentious(argumentative, quarrelsome) | |
| controversial(argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome) | |
| crabbed(mean, irritable, crabby, cranky, testy) | |
| craft | |
| critical remark(noun, expression, cut, criticism, objection) |
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