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View usage for: (petifɒgɪŋ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details. [old-fashioned, disapproval] ...pettifogging bureaucratic interference. Synonyms: hairsplitting, mean, sophisticated, subtle More Synonyms of pettifogging pettifogging in British English (ˈpɛtɪˌfɒɡɪŋ) adjective1. petty pettifogging details 2. mean; quibbling pettifogging lawyers Synonyms of 'pettifogging'hairsplitting, mean, sophisticated, subtle More Synonyms of pettifogging Definition excessively concerned with unimportant detail pettifogging bureaucratic interference Synonyms hairsplitting mean sophisticated subtle quibbling cavilling equivocating captious sophistical casuistic Additional synonymsDefinition tending to make trivial criticisms Synonyms fault-finding, critical, carping, nagging, disparaging, deprecating, nit-picking (informal), censorious, cavilling, hypercriticalDefinition having little or no importance In 1949 it was still a small, insignificant city. Synonyms unimportant, minor, irrelevant, petty, trivial, meaningless, trifling, meagre, negligible, flimsy, paltry, immaterial, inconsequential, nondescript, measly (informal), scanty, inconsiderable, of no consequence, nonessential, small potatoes, nickel-and-dime (US, slang), of no account, nugatory, unsubstantial, not worth mentioning, of no moment, wanky (taboo, slang) They started having tiffs about the most niggling little things. Synonyms petty, minor, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, fussy, quibbling, picky (informal), piddling (informal), nit-picking (informal), finicky, cavilling, pettifoggingNearby words ofpettifogging - petrol station
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Additional synonymsDefinition showing such concern Perfectionists are fussy, nit-picking types who worry about every little detail. Synonyms fussy, carping, quibbling, pedantic, finicky, cavilling, pettifogging, anal retentive, captious, hairsplitting Definition insignificant She had no interest in such paltry concerns. Synonyms insignificant, trivial, worthless, unimportant, small, low, base, minor, slight, petty, trifling, Mickey Mouse (slang), piddling (informal), toytown (slang), poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (US, slang), picayune (US), chickenshit (US, slang), twopenny-halfpenny (British, informal) Definition trivial or unimportant Rows would start over petty things. Synonyms trivial, inferior, insignificant, little, small, slight, trifling, negligible, unimportant, paltry, measly (informal), contemptible, piddling (informal), inconsiderable, inessential, nickel-and-dime (US, slang) Definition petty or trivial arguing over piddling amounts of money Synonyms trivial, little, petty, worthless, insignificant, pants (informal), useless, fiddling, trifling, unimportant, paltry, Mickey Mouse (slang), puny, derisory, measly (informal), crappy (slang), toytown (slang), piffling, poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (US, slang), wanky (taboo, slang), chickenshit (US, slang) |