faultfinding

The word “faultfinding” has 3 syllables: fault-find-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈfɔːltˌfaɪn.dɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for faultfinding?

In the thesaurus, “faultfinding” has 31 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for faultfinding along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for faultfinding

  • berating
  • captious
  • carping
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • censorious
  • critical
  • demanding
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • exacting
  • fastidious
  • finical
  • finicky
  • fussy
  • harsh
  • hypercritical
  • judgmental
  • judicious
  • merciless
  • niggling
  • nitpicky
  • overcritical
  • particular
  • pettifogging
  • picky
  • querulous
  • quibbling
  • rejective
  • uncharitable
  • unforgiving

Antonyms for faultfinding

  • charitable
  • forgiving
  • praising
  • uncritical
  • undemanding
  • undiscriminating
  • unfussy

Meanings of faultfinding

  • noun
    1. Excessive or petty criticism.
  • adjective
    1. Tending to find fault.

Example Sentences

  • The constant faultfinding in the workplace made it difficult to maintain morale.
  • His faultfinding nature often led to unnecessary conflicts in meetings.
  • Instead of focusing on solutions, she indulged in faultfinding throughout the entire discussion.
  • The manager’s faultfinding attitude discouraged employees from offering suggestions.
  • Faultfinding can be detrimental to progress if not balanced with constructive criticism.

On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faultfinding, such as: berating, captious, carping, caviling, cavilling, censorious, charitable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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dainty

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ultrafastidious

  • captious
  • careful
  • carping
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • choosey
  • choosy
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  • dainty
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  • demanding
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • exacting
  • fastidious
  • faultfinding
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • fussbudgety
  • fussy
  • hypercritical
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  • insightful
  • knowledgeable
  • meticulous
  • nice
  • niminy-piminy
  • old-maidish
  • overcritical
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  • painstaking
  • particular
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  • pernickety
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  • petulant
  • picky
  • prickly
  • prim
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  • punctilious
  • queasy
  • queazy
  • scrupulous
  • selective
  • squeamish
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call down

  • Bronx cheer
  • abase
  • abuse
  • adjudge
  • admonish
  • advise
  • afflict
  • affront
  • animadversion
  • asperse
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • attack
  • bad press
  • bad-mouth
  • baste
  • bawl out
  • belittle
  • berate
  • black list
  • blackball
  • blame
  • blast
  • blister
  • blow whistle on
  • boo
  • boycott
  • brickbat
  • brickbats
  • brush-off
  • call on the carpet
  • call to task
  • caluminate
  • carping
  • castigate
  • castigation
  • catcall
  • cavil
  • caviling
  • censure
  • chastise
  • check
  • chew
  • chew out
  • chide
  • cold shoulder
  • come down hard on
  • come down on
  • condemn
  • contempt
  • counsel
  • cow
  • critical remarks
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • crucify
  • curb
  • curse
  • cuss
  • cuss out
  • cut
  • damn
  • debase
  • decry
  • defame
  • denigrate
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  • deprecate
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  • disapprobation
  • disapprove
  • discipline
  • discontent
  • discourtesy
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disfavor
  • dislike
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  • disparagement
  • displeasure
  • disregard
  • diss
  • dissatisfaction
  • doom
  • draw the line
  • dress down
  • dump on
  • eat out
  • enjoin
  • excoriate
  • exhort
  • exprobate
  • fault
  • faultfinding
  • find fault
  • find fault with
  • find guilty
  • flak
  • flay
  • forewarn
  • frame
  • fulminate against
  • give a black eye
  • give a going over
  • give a hard time
  • give comeuppance
  • give one hell
  • give the devil
  • give what for
  • glue
  • go-by
  • growl
  • hammer
  • hang something on
  • harangue
  • have on the carpet
  • hiss
  • hit
  • hoist
  • humble
  • inattention
  • indifference
  • jack up
  • jaw
  • jawbone
  • jinx
  • judge
  • jump all over
  • keelhaul
  • kick
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay into
  • lay on
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • let have it
  • libel
  • malign
  • mistreat
  • mock
  • monish
  • mudsling
  • name
  • neglect
  • nit-picking
  • nix
  • notice
  • objection
  • objurgate
  • opprobrium
  • ostracism
  • pan
  • panning
  • pass sentence on
  • penalize
  • pin it on
  • point finger at
  • pronounce
  • proscribe
  • punish
  • put a whammy on
  • put away
  • put down
  • put-down
  • quibble
  • rag
  • rag on
  • rail at
  • rake
  • rake over the coals
  • rap
  • rap on knuckles
  • rate
  • ream
  • rebuff
  • rebuke
  • rejection
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  • reprimand
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  • reprobate
  • reproof
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  • sentence
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  • skin alive
  • slam
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  • slap on wrist
  • slur
  • smear
  • snub
  • soften
  • speak ill of
  • speak to
  • static
  • stricture
  • subdue
  • swipe
  • take down
  • take down a peg
  • take to task
  • talk to
  • tame
  • tear down
  • tear into
  • tell a thing or two
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  • thumbs down on
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  • trim
  • try
  • upbraid
  • vitriol
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  • voodoo
  • warn
  • zapper
  • zing

hairsplitting

  • bickering
  • carping
  • caviling
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • exact
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  • fastidious
  • faultfinding
  • fine
  • finespun
  • finical
  • finicking
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  • frivolous
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  • hairline
  • inconsequential
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  • insignificant
  • meticulous
  • minute
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  • nice
  • nitpicking
  • nuanced
  • particular
  • perfectionism
  • pettiness
  • petty
  • picky
  • piddling
  • quibbling
  • refined
  • sophistry
  • subtle
  • trifling
  • trivial

unappeased

  • annoyed
  • avid
  • begrudging
  • bothered
  • clamorous
  • complaining
  • crabby
  • critical
  • crying
  • demanding
  • disaffected
  • disappointed
  • discontented
  • disgruntled
  • displeased
  • ennuied
  • envious
  • exigent
  • faultfinding
  • fed-up
  • fretful
  • fretting
  • frustrated
  • griping
  • grudging
  • grumbling
  • grumpy
  • importunate
  • inappeasable
  • inextinguishable
  • insatiable
  • insatiate
  • insistent
  • irked
  • jaundiced
  • jealous
  • kvetching
  • malcontent
  • malcontented
  • not happy
  • not satisfied
  • offended
  • picky
  • plaintive
  • pressing
  • put out
  • quenchless
  • querulous
  • rapacious
  • ravenous
  • sniveling
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • unappeasable
  • unassuaged
  • unfulfilled
  • ungratified
  • unhappy
  • unquenchable
  • unsated
  • unsatisfied
  • unslakable
  • urgent
  • vexed
  • voracious
  • yearning

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