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quibbling(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging)
7
carping(adjective, cut, hit, severe)
7
hair-splitting(adjective, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical)
5
fault-finding(adjective, severe, cross, critical)
4
cavilling
4
criticism(censure, contest, reproach, disapproval)
4
pettifogging
3
caviling(adjective, cut, hit, severe)
3
quibble(verb, cut, hit, censure)
2
animadversion(cut, hit, censure, reproach)
2
aspersion(cut, hit, censure, reproach)
2
bad press(expression, cut, hit, censure)
2
captiousness
2
cavil(verb, cut, hit, censure)
2
equivocation
2
evasion
2
faultfinding(adjective, cut, hit, severe)
2
flak(cut, hit, censure, blast)
2
hit(verb, cut, censure, condemn)
2
hypercriticism
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