pettifogging

Speech parts

1. pettifogging - Noun

2. pettifogging - Adjective

3. pettifogging - Verb

Derived from pettifog

Meaning

of Pettifog

Paltry; quibbling; mean.

Pettifoggery.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

small little niggle bicker critical minor criticism slight trivial negligible dirty petty insignificant frivolous inconsequential
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Antonyms

elementary titanic light simple easy straightforward
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Examples

Our fathers did not say it, because they did not mean it. They were men who meant what they said, and who said what they meant, and meaning all men, they said all men. They were patriots asserting a principle and ready to die for it, not politicians pettifogging for the presidency. George William Curtis

Close letter words and terms

pettifogged pettifogger pettifoggery pettifogulize Pettiford Pettigo