| look askance(verb, expression, criticize, protest, grumble) |
| make a big thing about(expression, dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate) |
| make a complaint(expression, idiom) |
| make a fine distinction |
| make a fuss(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, protest) |
| maul(verb, censure, disparage, disapprove, pan) |
| mince matters |
| moan(verb, criticize, protest, complain, grumble) |
| murmur(verb, criticize, protest, grumble, whine) |
| nag(verb, criticize, protest, complain, grumble) |
| nag at(verb, expression, censure, disparage, disapprove) |
| object(verb, criticize, protest, complain, grumble) |
| objurgate(complain, grumble, moan) |
| oppose(verb, criticize, protest, grumble, whine) |
| pan(verb, censure, disparage, complain, disapprove) |
| paralogize(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, quibble) |
| pass judgment on(verb, expression, idiom, censure, disparage) |
| peck(complain, grumble, moan) |
| pick at(verb, expression, censure, disparage, complain) |
| pick holes in(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, censure) |