| altercate(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, challenge) |
| disagree(verb, hold, oppose, fight, dispute) |
| fallacy(noun, reasoning, quiddity, CC, misconstrual) |
| nicety(noun, objection, complaint, equivocation, cavil) |
| nit-pick(verb, dispute, shift, disagree, hedge) |
| argufy(verb, bother, dispute, irritate, avoid) |
| brabble |
| complaint(noun, objection, equivocation, quiddity, CC) |
| find fault(verb, expression, harass, complain, tease) |
| fudge(verb, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle) |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, escape) |
| lock horns(verb, expression, idiom, fight, dispute) |
| parry(escape, lie, shuffle, vacillate, prevaricate) |
| quibbling |
| quip |
| sophistry(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning) |
| ambiguity(wit, equivocalness) |
| beg the question(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie) |
| carping(noun, adjective, cut, hit, censure) |
| catch at straws(verb, expression, idiom, dispute, shift) |