PETTIFOGGING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • quibbling over insignificant details
   Synonym(s)
   • carping (what does carping mean?)
   • caviling (what does caviling mean?)
   • nitpicking (what does nitpicking mean?)
   • quibbling (what does quibbling mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders-Edmund Burke
   • her nagging and carping attack
   • thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking
   • a pettifogging lawyer’’s mind
   • had no patience with quibbling critics
   Similar To
   • critical (what does critical mean?)