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Synonyms for nit-picking
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : nit-pik |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɪtˌpɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for nit-picking Other synonyms for the word nit-picking
- academic
- acrimonious
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- altercate
- analytical
- animadversion
- animadvert on
- argue over
- argufy
- arid
- aspersion
- avoid
- bad press
- bash
- be on one's case
- belittling
- bellyaching
- biting
- blast
- blister
- blow hot and cold
- blue-nose
- bookish
- bother
- break
- brickbats
- Bronx cheer
- bug
- burdensome
- burn up
- by the book
- call down
- calumniatory
- cantankerous
- captious
- careful
- carping
- catch at straws
- cavil
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censure
- censuring
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- chicane
- choicy
- choleric
- choosy
- cleanly
- clobber
- come down on
- complaining
- condemning
- conscionable
- contrary
- conventional
- correct
- crabby
- critic
- critical
- critical remarks
- criticize
- criticizing
- cross
- cut
- cut down
- cut to bits
- cut up
- cutting
- cynical
- dainty
- dapper
- decorous
- demanding
- demeaning
- denounce
- denunciate
- denunciation
- deprecating
- deprecatory
- depress
- derogatory
- desolate
- detailed
- diagnostic
- didactic
- difficult
- disapproving
- discerning
- discombobulate
- discriminating
- disparage
- disparagement
- disparaging
- dispute
- disquiet
- disturb
- do a number on
- doctrinaire
- dog
- donnish
- dress down
- dry
- dull
- eat
- egotistic
- equivocate
- erudite
- evade
- exact
- exacting
- exceptive
- excoriate
- exigent
- fastidious
- fault-finding
- faultfinding
- fence
- find fault
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- flak
- flip-flop
- fluff
- formal
- formalistic
- fretful
- fuddy-duddy
- fulminate against
- fussbudget
- fussy
- fustigate
- genteel
- get
- get to
- give a hard time
- give bad press
- good
- goody-goody
- grieve
- grievous
- griping
- grouchy
- grousing
- grumbling
- hair-splitting
- hairsplitting
- harass
- hard
- hard to please
- harry
- harsh
- hassle
- have at it
- heedful
- hem and haw
- hit
- hound
- humbling
- hurt
- hypercritical
- hypercriticize
- imperious
- injure
- inkhorn
- irk
- irritable
- irritate
- jump on
- knock
- kvetching
- lambaste
- learned
- literary
- lowering
- make a big thing about
- make it tough for
- meticulous
- miff
- moaning
- nag
- nag at
- nagging
- needle
- nice
- niggle
- niggling
- nit-pick
- nit-picking
- nitpick
- objection
- onerous
- oppress
- oppressive
- opprobrium
- orderly
- ostentatious
- overcritical
- overfastidious
- overmodest
- overnice
- pain
- painstaking
- pan
- panning
- paralogize
- particular
- pedagogic
- pedantical
- peeve
- peevish
- penetrating
- perplex
- persnickety
- perverse
- pester
- pettifog
- pettifogging
- petulant
- pick at
- pick on
- pick to pieces
- picky
- picky-picky
- plague
- polite
- pompous
- precise
- pretend
- prevaricate
- priggish
- prissy
- proper
- prudish
- punctilious
- punctual
- puritanical
- push
- push buttons
- put down
- put up an argument
- querulous
- quibble
- quibbling
- rack
- rap
- rap on knuckles
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproachful
- reprobate
- reproof
- reprove
- rigid
- rigorous
- rip
- roast
- rough
- sadden
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scathe
- scathing
- scholastic
- schoolish
- scolding
- scorch
- scrupulous
- scrutinizing
- sententious
- set to
- severe
- sharp
- shift
- shipshape
- skin
- skin alive
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- slog
- slug
- spar
- spic-and-span
- split hairs
- spruce
- squabble
- squeamish
- static
- stern
- stickler
- stickling
- stiff
- stilted
- straight
- strain
- strait-laced
- strap
- stress
- strict
- stricture
- stringent
- stuffy
- swipe
- take down
- talk back
- taxing
- testy
- tick off
- tidy
- torment
- torture
- touchy
- tough
- trash
- trenchant
- trim
- trouble
- try
- trying
- uncluttered
- unsparing
- upright
- vex
- Victorian
- vitriol
- waffle
- weigh
- weighty
- well-groomed
- whining
- withering
- wooden
- wound
- wrangle
- zap
- zapper
Définition of nit-picking
Origin :- "seek petty faults," also nit-pick, 1962, back-formation from earlier nitpicker. Related: Nitpicking; nitpicky.
- As in particular : adj finicky, demanding
- As in pedantic : adj bookish, precise
- As in prim : adj particular, fussy
- As in quibbling : adj carping
- As in hard-to-please : adj extremely particular
- As in captious : adj very critical
- As in carping : adj complaining
- As in inkhorn : adj pedantic
- As in overcritical : adj critical
- As in pedantical : adj pedantic
- As in critical : adj fault-finding, detracting
- As in exacting : adj demanding
- As in fault-finding : adj critical
- As in finicky : adj overparticular
- As in fussy : adj meticulous, particular
- As in hypercritical : adj captious
- As in criticism : noun verbal disapproval
- As in quibble : verb disagree over minor issues
- As in pettifog : verb quibble
- As in criticize : verb disapprove, judge as bad
- As in distress : verb worry, upset
Antonyms for nit-picking
- agree
- aid
- appease
- approval
- approve
- assist
- assuage
- be happy
- build
- calm
- careless
- cheer
- comfort
- commend
- commendatory
- common
- compliment
- complimentary
- concur
- cure
- delight
- discourage
- dissuade
- easy
- easy-going
- encouraging
- estimate
- estimation
- exonerate
- face
- fix
- flatter
- flattering
- flattery
- flexible
- forgive
- forgiving
- general
- give in
- giving
- gladden
- guess
- heal
- help
- hide
- ignore
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- indefinite
- indifferent
- inexact
- informal
- laud
- laudatory
- leave alone
- lending
- lenient
- loose
- lose
- make happy
- meet
- mend
- mild
- neglect
- nonchalant
- open
- ordinary
- placate
- plain
- please
- praise
- praising
- relieve
- rumpled
- sanction
- simple
- soft
- soothe
- support
- suppose
- supposition
- tell truth
- tolerant
- trivial
- uncritical
- undemanding
- undiscriminating
- unfussy
- unimportant
- unscrupulous
- untidy
- usual
- yielding
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