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Synonyms for catch at straws
verb disagree over minor issues- bicker
- carp
- spar
- squabble
- waffle
- wrangle
- altercate
- argufy
- avoid
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- pettifog
- pretend
- prevaricate
- shift
- argue over
- blow hot and cold
- catch at straws
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- put up an argument
- set to
- split hairs
- talk back
Antonyms for catch at straws
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
pettifogging
verb. quibble
- altercate
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- carp
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- niggle
- nit-pick
- nitpick
- paralogize
- pick to pieces
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
quibble
verb. disagree over minor issues
- altercate
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- carp
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- pettifog
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.