nitpickverb [ I ]
uk/ˈnɪt.pɪk/us/ˈnɪt.pɪk/informal disapprovingto find faults in details that are not important:
You're always nitpicking - it's so annoying!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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nitpicker
noun [ C ] uk/ˈnɪt.pɪk.ər/us/ˈnɪt.pɪk.ɚ/