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Synonyms for pettifog
verb quibble- 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
Antonyms for pettifog
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
argued
verb. verbally fight
- 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
argues
verb. verbally fight
- 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
arguing
verb. verbally fight
- 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
debate
verb. argue, discuss
- 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
debated
verb. argue, discuss
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.