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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWonder if he's any relation to the man who pricked his fingers picking pickled peppers!
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND(Picking up a book and settling himself comfortably in front of the fire) Tommy, if you can't find a book, sing or something.
FIRST PLAYSA. A. MILNE"Come and get a clean towel," said Jess, who noticed that Benny was already "picking into" his own mouth.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNERThey walked along the track, picking out a church steeple here and there, forgetting for a moment the object of their search.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER"You used to carry your tobacco in a rubber pouch," said Edna, picking up the pouch and examining the needlework.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThey went together, picking their way across muddy streets and sidewalks encumbered with the cheap display of small tradesmen.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN"Here are our canteens," he went on excitedly, picking both of the gasoline-cans out of the rumble.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSShe said it one day after we had passed you; you were alone, picking up leaves near the corner by the brook.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERWhile he was avoiding the fissures, and carefully picking his way around the curve, a savage growl broke suddenly on his ears.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 23, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO NIT-PICKING
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- condemning
- critic
- cutting
- cynical
- demanding
- demeaning
- derogatory
- diagnostic
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- finicky
- fussy
- hairsplitting
- humbling
- hypercritical
- lowering
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- overcritical
- particular
- penetrating
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- severe
- sharp
- trenchant
- withering
- Bronx cheer
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bad press
- blast
- brickbats
- call down
- carping
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- critical remarks
- cut
- denunciation
- disparagement
- faultfinding
- flak
- hit
- knock
- nit-picking
- objection
- opprobrium
- pan
- panning
- put down
- quibble
- rap on knuckles
- reproof
- roast
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- static
- stricture
- swipe
- vitriol
- zapper
- Bronx cheers
- animadversions
- aspersions
- bad presses
- blasts
- brickbats
- call downs
- carpings
- cavilings
- cavils
- censures
- critical remarks
- cuts
- denunciations
- disparagements
- faultfinding
- flak
- hits
- knocks
- nit-picking
- objections
- opprobrium
- panning
- pans
- put downs
- quibbles
- rap on knuckles
- reproofs
- roasts
- slams
- slap on wrists
- slaps
- static
- strictures
- swipes
- vitriol
- zappers
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.