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quibbledverbpast tense of quibble to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevanthe spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II carped, caviled(or cavilled), fussed, niggled, nitpicked criticized, faultedbeefed, bellyached, bitched, complained, crabbed, croaked, griped, groused, growled, grumbled, kicked, kvetched, moaned, squawked, squealed, wailed, whimpered, whined, yammered, yawped(or yauped), yowledmurmured, muttered split hairs applauded, commended, complimented, praised, recommendedapproved, backed, championed, endorsed(also indorsed), supported to express different opinions about something often angrilydon't quibble over who gets to sit in front altercated, argued, argufied, bickered, brabbled, brawled, controverted, disputed, fell out, fought, hassled, jarred, quarreled(or quarrelled), rowed, scrapped, spatted, squabbled, tiffed, wrangled challenged, dared, defiedclashed, contended, contested, tangledcaviled(or cavilled), fussed, nitpickedconsidered, debated, discussedkicked, objected, protested bandied words, butted heads, locked horns, mixed it up coexisted, got alongaccepted, agreed, assented, concurred, consented |