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[ kwib-ling ] / ˈkwɪb lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR quibbling ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by or consisting of quibbles; carping; niggling: quibbling debates. nounthe act of a person who quibbles. an instance of quibbling: a relationship marked by frequent quibblings. Origin of quibblingFirst recorded in 1650–60; quibble + -ing2, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM quibblingquib·bling·ly, adverbun·quib·bling, adjectiveWords nearby quibblingQuevedo y Villegas, quey, Quezon City, Quezon y Molina, quibble, quibbling, Quibdó, Quiberon, quiche, quiche Lorraine, Quichua Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quibblingQuibbling over dates aside, 19th century Americans did insistently observe a day of remembrance. The Real Memorial Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Salute To A Momentous American Anniversary|Malcolm Jones|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST If Shakespeare had graduated at Oxford, he might have been a quibbling attorney, or a hypocritical parson. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll But you see that I have not stooped to any quibbling, or begging either. If Shakespeare had graduated at Oxford, he might have been a quibbling attorney or a hypocritical parson. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday|Various
They cannot be altogether cheated out of their rights by sophisms and quibbling. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831|Various The vulgar acquired the quibbling method of the schools, and employed it to outwit the less cunning. History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
Words related to quibblingcomplaining, niggling, griping, caviling, fault-finding, hairsplitting, nit-picking, captious, elusive, evasive, sophistic, casuistic, prevaricative, sophistical |