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Quibbling — Quibble Quib ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quibbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quibbling}.] 1. To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quibbling — /ˈkwɪblɪŋ/ (say kwibling) adjective 1. characterised by quibbles; petty; carping. –noun 2. an instance of quibbling …
quibbling excuse — index salvo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
quibbling — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chicane, chicanery, choplogic, critical, criticism, cynical,… … Moby Thesaurus
quibbling — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. carping, niggling, hair splitting, nit picking; see critical 2 , trivial … English dictionary for students
quibbling — quib·ble || kwɪbl n. act of evading a discussion or argument by using ambiguous speech; equivocal statement, ambiguous comment; petty criticism v. use ambiguous language to evade a discussion or argument; make an equivocal comment; make petty… … English contemporary dictionary
quibbling — adj 1. carping, caviling, pettifogging, hairsplitting, niggling, Inf. nitpicking; Jesuitical, sophistical, casuistic, Logic. paralogistic; critical, hypercritical, captious, censorious, overcritical, faultfinding. 2. prevaricative, prevaricatory … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
quibbling — adj niggling, critical, overnice, carping, captious, ambiguous, cavilling, evasive, casuistic, equivocating, logic chopping OLD pettifogging COLLOQ. hair splitting, nit picking … Useful english dictionary
critical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exacting, captious, censorious, faultfinding, disparaging; judicious, accurate, analytical; decisive; urgent, crucial; dangerous, risky. See disapprobation, importance, detraction. II (Roget s IV)… … English dictionary for students
Sheshet — (Hebrew: רב ששת) was a Babylonian amora of the third generation and colleague of R. Naḥman bar Jacob, with whom he had frequent arguments concerning questions of religious law. His teacher s name is not definitely known, but Sheshet was an… … Wikipedia
