quibbling in English

verb

1

argue or raise objections about a trivial matter.

they are always quibbling about the amount they are prepared to pay

synonyms: object to, find fault with, complain about, cavil at, split hairs about, criticize, query, fault, pick holes in, nitpick, pettifog

verb

• object to, find fault with, complain about, cavil at, split hairs about, criticize, query, fault, pick holes in, nitpick, pettifog
• niggle, squabble, bicker, pettifog, brabble

Use "quibbling" in a sentence

1. Chicanery (countable and uncountable, plural chicaneries) Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge

2. Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and Chicanery to win the job

3. Caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders / her nagging and carping attack / thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking / a pettifogging lawyer's mind / had no patience with quibbling critics Similar:

4. (Proverbs 10:19; James 3:8) Evidently, in the apostle Paul’s day, there were some in the congregation who failed to control their tongue and got involved in quibbling debates about words.

5. Do they not realise that we have come to the end of an age and there is no further room for quibbling and political trickery and manoeuvre and all the arts of the average politician ?

6. Algeria is confident that the investigations that the Palestinian side has unanimously committed itself to conduct will demonstrate the pointlessness of the quibbling argument regarding the right to legitimate self-defence put forward by the Israeli aggressor to justify its serious crimes.

7. Cavil 'Cavil' is a 5 letter word starting with C and ending with L Crossword clues for 'Cavil' Clue Answer; Small objection (5) Cavil: Be petty (5) Engage in quibbling (5) Find fault unnecessarily (5) Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for Cavil