quibbling

The word “quibbling” has 2 syllables: quib-bling

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for quibbling?

In the thesaurus, “quibbling” has 120 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for quibbling

altercating
ambiguity
ambiguousness
argufying
arguing
bandying words
beefing
bellyaching
bickering
bitching
brabbling
brawling
butting heads
captious
carping
casuistic
caviling
cavilling
challenging
circumlocution
clashing
complaining
considering
contending
contesting
controverting
crabbing
criticizing
croaking
daring
debating
defying
delicate
demanding
discussing
disputing
elusive
equivocalness
equivocation
evasive
exact
exacting
falling out
fastidious
fault-finding
faulting
fighting
fine
finespun
finical
finicking
finicky
frivolous
fussing
fussy
griping
grousing
growling
grumbling
hairline
hairsplitting
hassling
inconsequential
inconsiderable
insignificant
jarring
kicking
kvetching
locking horns
meticulous
minute
mixing it up
moaning
murkiness
murmuring
muttering
nebulousness
negligible
nice
niggling
nit-picking
nitpicking
nuanced
objecting
obscureness
obscurity
opacity
particular
petty
picky
piddling
prevaricative
protesting
quarreling
quarrelling
refined
rowing
scrapping
shuffle
sophistic
sophistical
spatting
splitting hairs
squabbling
squawking
squealing
subtle
tangling
tergiversation
tiffing
trifling
trivial
wailing
whimpering
whining
wrangling
yammering
yauping
yawping
yowling

Antonyms for quibbling

accepting
agreeing
apparent
applauding
approving
assenting
backing
broad
candor
careless
championing
clear
clear-cut
coarse
coexisting
commending
complimenting
concurring
consenting
directness
endorsing
evident
forthrightness
frankness
getting along
heedless
incautious
indefinite
indorsing
inexact
manifest
obvious
open-and-shut
openheartedness
openness
palpable
patent
perspicuous
plain
plainness
plumpness
praising
recommending
rough
slapdash
slipshod
sloppy
straightforwardness
supporting
transparent
unambiguous
unequivocal
unmistakable

Meanings of quibbling

verb
1. To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
noun
1. Petty argument.

Example Sentences

Despite the urgency of the situation, they wasted time quibbling over minor procedural details.
His constant quibbling over inconsequential matters made it difficult to have productive discussions.
Instead of addressing the main issue, they resorted to quibbling over semantics.
The politician avoided answering the tough questions by quibbling about technicalities.
Their relationship suffered due to endless quibbling over trivial matters.

On this page you'll find 173 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quibbling, such as: accepting, agreeing, altercating, ambiguity, ambiguousness, apparent, applauding.

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