quibbling Synonyms

nitpicking quibble query punning prevarication pettifoggery pettifogging perfectionism pedantry pedantic parrying paltering overscrupulousness shuffling sophistical sophistry nit-picking overcritical hair-splitting fastidiousness punctiliousness meticulousness faultfinding nitpick criticize disagreeing tergiversation subterfuge overscrupulous niggle criticism critical chop-logic chicanery cavil cavilling caviling casuistry carping captiousness captious bickering deception equivocation equivocatory niggling nagging hypercritical hedging hairsplitting