Thesaurus / pettifog
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The popular understanding of the word criticize is to find fault, to pettifog.
PLUM PUDDINGCHRISTOPHER MORLEYWORDS RELATED TO PETTIFOG
- adumbrate
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- belie
- blear
- blind
- block
- block out
- blur
- camouflage
- cloak
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- con
- confuse
- cover
- cover up
- darken
- dim
- disguise
- double-talk
- eclipse
- equivocate
- falsify
- fog
- fuzz
- gloom
- gray
- haze
- mask
- misrepresent
- mist
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- murk
- obfuscate
- overcast
- overcloud
- overshadow
- pettifog
- screen
- shade
- shadow
- shroud
- stonewall
- throw up smoke screen
- veil
- wrap
- adumbrates
- beclouds
- bedims
- befogs
- belies
- blears
- blinds
- blocks
- blocks out
- blurs
- camouflages
- cloaks
- clouds
- clouds the issue
- confuses
- cons
- covers
- covers up
- darkens
- dims
- disguises
- double-talks
- eclipses
- equivocates
- falsifies
- fogs
- fuzzes
- glooms
- grays
- hazes
- masks
- misrepresents
- mists
- muddies
- muddies the waters
- murks
- obfuscates
- overcasts
- overclouds
- overshadows
- pettifos
- screens
- shades
- shadows
- shrouds
- stonewalls
- throws up smoke screen
- veils
- wraps
- 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
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