All quibble synonyms
quibΒ·ble
Q q noun quibble
- objection β a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
- cavil β If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- equivocation β The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- quiddity β the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
- complaint β A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
- nicety β a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
- artifice β Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- criticism β the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- duplicity β deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- evasion β The action of evading something.
- niggle β to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- pretense β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretence β pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- prevarication β the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- 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.
- quirk β a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- sophism β a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone.
- subterfuge β an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- subtlety β the state or quality of being subtle.
verb quibble
- equivocate β Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
- hedge β a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- split hairs β any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- nitpick β to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- bicker β When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- carp β A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
- spar β (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- squabble β to engage in a petty quarrel.
- waffle β waffling language.
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- altercate β to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- argufy β to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- criticise β criticize
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- evade β Escape or avoid, esp. by cleverness or trickery.
- fence β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- flip-flop β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- prevaricate β to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- blow hot and cold β to vacillate
- hem and haw β the utterance or sound of βhem.β.
- hypercriticize β To criticize with unjust severity.
- nit-pick β to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- paralogize β to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
- set to β a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.