Thesaurus / pettifog
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synonyms for pettifog
- altercate
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- carp
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- niggle
- nitpick
- pretend
- prevaricate
- shift
- spar
- squabble
- waffle
- wrangle
- argue over
- blow hot and cold
- catch at straws
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- pick to pieces
- put up an argument
- set to
- split hairs
- talk back
See also synonyms for: pettifogger / pettifogging
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PLUM PUDDINGCHRISTOPHER MORLEYWORDS RELATED TO PETTIFOG
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- disagree
- dispute
- face down
- face off
- feud
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- go one-on-one
- hammer
- hammer away
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- jump
- jump on
- knock around
- lock horns
- mix it up
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- quarrel
- quibble
- rehash
- row
- sass
- set to
- sock it to
- squabble
- stick it to
- talk back
- wrangle
- altercates
- bandies
- battles
- bickers
- breaks with
- bucks
- bumps heads
- contends
- crosses
- crosses swords
- disagrees
- disputes
- faces down
- faces off
- feuds
- gangs up on
- gets in one's face
- goes one on one
- hammers
- hammers away
- has at each other
- has at it
- hash over
- hashes
- hassles
- jumps
- jumps on
- knocks around
- locks horns
- mixes it up
- pettifos
- picks an argument
- puts up a fight
- puts up a struggle
- quarrels
- quibbles
- rehashes
- rows
- sasses
- sets to
- socks it to
- squabbles
- sticks it to
- talks back
- wrangles
- altercating
- bandying
- battling
- bickering
- breaking with
- bucking
- bumping heads
- contending
- crossing
- crossing swords
- disagreeing
- disputing
- facing down
- facing off
- feuding
- ganging up on
- getting in one's face
- going one on one
- hammering
- hammering away
- hash over
- hashing
- hassling
- having at each other
- having at it
- jumping
- jumping on
- knocking around
- locking horns
- mixing it up
- pettifoing
- picking an argument
- putting up a fight
- putting up a struggle
- quarrelling
- quibbling
- rehashing
- rowing
- sassing
- setting to
- socking it to
- squabbling
- sticking it to
- talking back
- wrangling
- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
- agitating
- altercating
- answering
- bandying
- bickering
- bumping heads
- canvassing
- chewing the fat
- cogitating
- confabbing
- confuting
- considering
- contending
- contesting
- controverting
- crossing swords
- deliberating
- demonstrating
- differing
- discepting
- disproving
- disputing
- hammering away at
- hash over
- hassling
- having at it
- kicking around
- knocking around
- locking horns
- mooting
- opposing
- pettifoing
- picking a bone
- proving
- putting up argument
- questioning
- reasoning
- rebutting
- refuting
- rehashing
- setting to
- talk game
- talking back
- thrashing out
- tossing around
- wrangling
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.