All find fault synonyms
find fault
F f verb find fault
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- pester β to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- hector β Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- irk β to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- torment β to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- badger β A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
- squabble β to engage in a petty quarrel.
- bicker β When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- tangle β to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- feud β fee (def 4).
- break with β to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- fall out β an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- spar β (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- grumble β to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- quibble β an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- rebuke β to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- berate β If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- admonish β If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- upbraid β to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
- castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- reprimand β a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- moan β a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- lament β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- gripe β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- protest β an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- accuse β If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- fret β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chide β If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
- blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- squawk β to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- kick β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kvetch β to complain, especially chronically.
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- prod β to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- nudge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.