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1 nit picking -- rank: 1000

nit picking definitions Moby Thesaurus adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad ... criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, imputation, knock, logic-chopping, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, obloquy, overcriticalness, paltering, parrying, pestering, pettifoggery, pettifogging, prevarication, priggishness, pussyfooting ...

2 nit-picking -- rank: 993

nit-picking definitions Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: 1nit Date: 1956 minute ...

3 Nit -- rank: 835

Nit definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NIT, n. The egg of a louse or other small insect ... from Old English hnitu; akin to Old High German hniz nit, Greek konid-, konis Date: before 12th century 1. the egg ... lice. 2 Brit. sl. a stupid person. Phrases and idioms: nit-pick colloq. indulge in nit-picking. nit-picker colloq. a person who nit-picks. nit- ...

4 nitpick -- rank: 474

... minor details Merriam Webster's verb Etymology: back-formation from nit-picking Date: 1966 intransitive verb to engage in nit-picking transitive verb to criticize by nit-picking • nitpick noun • nitpicker noun • nitpicky adjective Moby Thesaurus around ...

5 nitpicking -- rank: 374

nitpicking definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also nit-picking If you refer to someone's opinion as nitpicking, you ... to try and find fault with something. A lot of nit-picking was going on about irrelevant things... I can get down ...

6 Hit -- rank: 305

... mystery play, nagging, nail, narcotic injection, narcotic shot, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, nudge, obloquy, off, opera, osculate, overcriticalness, overdose, overlap, pageant, pan ...

7 Swipe -- rank: 305

... off with, mock, nab, nagging, nail, nick, niggle, niggling, nip, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, overcriticalness, palm, parting shot, paste, pelt, pestering, pettifogging, pilfer ...

8 Reflection -- rank: 305

... mental impression, mention, miniature, mirroring, model, musing, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, note, notion, obloquy, observation, onset, onslaught, onus, opinion, outline, output ...

9 Stricture -- rank: 305

... knock, let, nagging, narrow place, narrowing, neck, negativism, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, nuisance value, obloquy, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, overcriticalness, pestering, pettifogging ...

10 Slam -- rank: 305

... lock out, lock up, mace, meet, mock, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, occlude, overcriticalness, padlock, pan, parting shot, paste, pelt, percuss ...

11 Rap -- rank: 305

... analysis, logical discussion, maul, minikin, mockery, molehill, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, open discussion, open forum, overcriticalness, pad, pan, panel discussion ...

12 Quibbling -- rank: 305

... hypercritical, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, imputation, knock, logic-chopping, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, overcritical, overcriticalness, paltering, parrying, pestering, pettifoggery, pettifogging, petty, picayune ...

13 Criticism -- rank: 305

... leader, leading article, lexicography, literary criticism, metoposcopy, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, notice, obloquy, observation, oneirology, opinion, overcriticalness, paleography, pathognomy, pestering, pettifogging ...

14 flak -- rank: 305

... litigiousness, machine-gun fire, mortar fire, musketry, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, ordnance, overcriticalness, partisan spirit, partisanship, percussion fire, pestering, pettifogging ...

15 Cavil -- rank: 305

... issue, knock, lock horns, logomachize, moot, mystify, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, nitpick, object, obloquy, obscure, overcriticalness, palter, parry, pestering, pettifog, pettifogging ...