- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|825
- Abbreviations|0
43 entries under nit-picking topic. ×
| whiny(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, unfriendly) | |
| captious(adjective, argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome) | |
| peevish(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| petulant(adjective, difficult, cross, rude, unpleasant) | |
| cross(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, unfriendly) | |
| caviling(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome, pharisaical) | |
| ill-humored(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| carping(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| fretful(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| hair-splitting(adjective, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, emotional) | |
| pettish(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, unfriendly) | |
| quibbling(adjective, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| smooth-spoken(easy, articulate, confident, talkative, flowing) | |
| splenetic(adjective, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| Pecksniffian(pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| bad tempered(expression, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| calumniatory(pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| casuistic(pharisaical, pharisaic) |
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