(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quibble.

adverse criticism animadversion aspersion bad notices bad press bickering boggling captious captiousness carping cavil caviling censoriousness chicane chicanery choplogic critical criticism cynical dodging equivocation equivocatory evasion evasive exception faultfinding fencing flak hairsplitting hedging hit home thrust hostile criticism hypercritical hypercriticalness hypercriticism imputation knock logic-chopping nagging niggle niggling nit nit-picking obloquy overcritical overcriticalness paltering parrying pestering pettifoggery pettifogging petty picayune prevarication priggishness pussyfooting quibble rap reflection reproachfulness shifting shuffling sidestepping slam stricture subterfuge swipe taking exception tergiversation trichoschistic trichoschistism trifling trivial ultracritical