Dictionary 1. (a.) Hypercritical; disposed to find fault; difficult to please\.2. (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or ensnare; insidious; troublesome. Thesaurus bickering carping caviling censorious choplogic contrary critic critical cynical demanding equivocatory evasive exacting faultfinding finicky hairsplitting hedging hypercritical irritable logic-chopping nagging niggling nit-picking overcritical paltering particular peevish pernickety perverse pettifogging petty petulant picayune pussyfooting quibbling shuffling snappish snappy testy trichoschistic trifling trivial ultracritical |