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nitpickingverbpresent participle of nitpick to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevanther husband nitpicks about everything: from how she puts the plates away to how she files the bills carping, caviling(or cavilling), fussing, niggling, quibbling criticizing, faultingbeefing, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, crabbing, croaking, griping, grousing, growling, grumbling, kicking, kvetching, moaning, squawking, squealing, wailing, whimpering, whining, yammering, yawping(or yauping), yowlingmurmuring, muttering splitting hairs applauding, commending, complimenting, praising, recommendingapproving, backing, championing, endorsing(also indorsing), supporting in 1951 |