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All faultfinding synonyms

fault·find·ing
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adj faultfinding

  • carping — tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
  • berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
  • captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
  • censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
  • niggling — petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
  • querulous — full of complaints; complaining.

noun faultfinding

  • criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
  • nitpicking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
  • grumbling — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.

adjective faultfinding

  • critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • damning — If you describe evidence or a report as damning, you mean that it suggests very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake.
  • nitpicky — Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
  • unfavourable — Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.
  • unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
  • caviling — Present participle of cavil.
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