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| nit-picking(noun, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) | |
| quibbling(noun, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| carping(noun, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| cavilling | |
| fine | |
| fussy(overcritical, censorious) | |
| hypercritical(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, captious) | |
| niggling(overcritical, censorious) | |
| captious(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) | |
| fault-finding | |
| finicky(overcritical, censorious) | |
| overcritical(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, censorious) | |
| fastidious | |
| legalistic | |
| pettifogging | |
| querulous | |
| subtle | |
| contentious | |
| demanding(overcritical, censorious) | |
| disputatious(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) |
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