| quibble(verb, support, raise, criticize, dispute) |
| carp(noun, verb, support, raise, criticize) |
| pettifog(verb, support, raise, dispute, shift) |
| cavil(verb, support, raise, criticize, dispute) |
| split hairs(verb, expression, idiom, dispute, shift) |
| hedge |
| criticize(verb, dispute, censure, avoid, shift) |
| find fault(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, censure) |
| niggle(noun, verb, support, raise, criticize) |
| pick to pieces(verb, expression, idiom, support, raise) |
| bicker(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, quibble) |
| blame(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove, pan) |
| catch at straws(expression, idiom, dispute, shift, hedge) |
| chop logic |
| cut up(verb, expression, censure, disparage, disapprove) |
| equivocate(dispute, shift, hedge, quibble) |
| evade(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, quibble) |
| fence(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, quibble) |
| knock(verb, criticize, censure, protest, disparage) |
| nit-pick(verb, dispute, censure, avoid, shift) |