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| nit-picking(noun, adjective, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) | |
| quibbling(noun, adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| carping(noun, adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| cavilling(noun, adjective) | |
| fine | |
| fussy(adjective, overcritical, censorious) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, captious) | |
| niggling(adjective, overcritical, censorious) | |
| captious(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) | |
| critical(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical, censorious) | |
| fault-finding(noun, adjective) | |
| finicky(adjective, overcritical, censorious) | |
| overcritical(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, censorious) | |
| pedantic(overcritical, censorious) | |
| fastidious | |
| faultfinding(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical, censorious) | |
| legalistic | |
| pettifogging(noun, adjective) | |
| querulous | |
| quibble |
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