| carping(noun, adjective, critical, dissatisfied, complaining) |
| pettifogging(noun, adjective, reasoning) |
| caviling(adjective, critical, trifling, dissatisfied, disparaging) |
| nit-picking(noun, adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging) |
| critical(adjective, dissatisfied, disparaging, complaining, nit-picking) |
| niggling(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging, complaining) |
| captious(adjective, description, characterization, judgement) |
| hair-splitting(noun, adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) |
| nitpicking(noun, adjective, critical, dissatisfied, complaining) |
| equivocation(noun, adjective, deception, mistake, error) |
| evasion(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood) |
| chicanery |
| disagreeing |
| dodging |
| fault-finding(noun, adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging) |
| hypercritical(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging, complaining) |
| quibble |
| sophistry(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood) |
| ambiguous |
| bickering |