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quibbling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb quibble Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb quibble Entailment of verb quibble Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb quibble 2 senses of quibble Sense 1 quibble => hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep Sense 2 quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble => argue, contend, debate, fence Familiarity of verb quibble quibble used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb quibble Sense 1 quibble => hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -------------- Sense 2 quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble => argue, contend, debate, fence -------------- Overview of verb quibble The verb quibble has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. quibble -- (evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections) 2. quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble -- (argue over petty things "Let's not quibble over pennies") Overview of adj quibbling The adj quibbling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling -- (quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics") Antonyms of adj quibbling 1 sense of quibbling Sense 1 caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical Similarity of adj quibbling 1 sense of quibbling Sense 1 caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling => critical (vs. uncritical) Attributes of adj quibbling Familiarity of adj quibbling quibbling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj quibbling quibbling Overview of verb quibble The verb quibble has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. quibble -- (evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections) 2. quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble -- (argue over petty things "Let's not quibble over pennies") Overview of adj quibbling The adj quibbling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling -- (quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics")
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