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Antonyms for pettifog
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pet-ee-fog, -fawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛt iˌfɒg, -ˌfɔg |
Definition of pettifog
- verb quibble
- The popular understanding of the word criticize is to find fault, to pettifog.
- Extract from : « Plum Pudding » by Christopher Morley
Synonyms for pettifog
- altercate
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- carp
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- niggle
- nit-pick
- nitpick
- paralogize
- pick to pieces
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
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