Synonyms for petty-fog
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.
Related words
- Word family
- pettifogger
- Other spellings
- pettifog pettyfog
Forms
- Past participle
- petty-fogged
e.g. petty-fogged → caviled, squabbled, wrangled, bickered…
Example sentences
- squabble The diplomatic squabble flared into an open war.
- niggle Mary would always niggle Tom over his lack of punctuation in text messages.
By length
- 5 letters
- cavil
- 6 letters
- bicker2, niggle
- 7 letters
- quibble2, wrangle2, brabble
- 8 letters
- squabble2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bicker2 = 2 syllables).