All quibbling synonyms
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Q q noun quibbling
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- non sequitur — Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- inexactness — The characteristic or quality of being inexact; a lack of precision, accuracy, or certainty.
- non-spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- fallacy — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- elusion — The act of eluding.
- nitpicking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- invalidity — invalidism.
adjective quibbling
- carping — tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
- complaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- griping — Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- niggling — petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
- fault-finding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- nit-picking — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- trifling — of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- elusive — Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
- prevaricative — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.