2
pick holes(verb, expression, complain)
2
pick nits
2
prevaricate(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, quibble)
2
shift(dispute, hedge, equivocate, quibble)
2
tear to pieces(expression, idiom)
1
around the bush(expression, idiom)
1
be pedantic(expression, idiom, hedge, equivocate, quibble)
1
beat about
1
beg the question(expression, idiom)
1
boggle
1
chide(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove, pan)
1
choplogic
1
complain(verb, criticize, censure, protest, disparage)
1
condemn(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove, pan)
1
criticise
1
denounce(verb, criticize, censure, protest, disparage)
1
deplore(verb, criticize, protest, grumble, whine)
1
discriminate
1
disparage(verb, censure, disapprove, pan, carp)
1
distinguish
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