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quibblingverbpresent participle 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 carping, caviling(or cavilling), fussing, niggling, nitpicking 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 to express different opinions about something often angrilydon't quibble over who gets to sit in front altercating, argufying, arguing, bickering, brabbling, brawling, controverting, disputing, falling out, fighting, hassling, jarring, quarreling(or quarrelling), rowing, scrapping, spatting, squabbling, tiffing, wrangling challenging, daring, defyingclashing, contending, contesting, tanglingcaviling(or cavilling), fussing, nitpickingconsidering, debating, discussingkicking, objecting, protesting bandying words, butting heads, locking horns, mixing it up coexisting, getting alongaccepting, agreeing, assenting, concurring, consenting |