quibbling 音标拼音: [kw'ɪbəlɪŋ] [kw'ɪblɪŋ]
n . 诡辞
诡辞
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 discourse ;
to equivocate .
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2 .
To pun ;
to practice punning . --
Cudworth .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To cavil ;
shuffle ;
equivocate ;
trifle .
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1913 Webster ]
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quibbling ":
adverse criticism ,
animadversion ,
aspersion ,
bad notices ,
bad press ,
bickering ,
boggling ,
captious ,
captiousness ,
carping ,
cavil ,
caviling ,
censoriousness ,
chicane ,
chicanery ,
choplogic ,
critical ,
criticism ,
cynical ,
dodging ,
equivocation ,
equivocatory ,
evasion ,
evasive ,
exception ,
faultfinding ,
fencing ,
flak ,
hairsplitting ,
hedging ,
hit ,
home thrust ,
hostile criticism ,
hypercritical ,
hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism ,
imputation ,
knock ,
logic -
chopping ,
nagging ,
niggle ,
niggling ,
nit ,
nit -
picking ,
obloquy ,
overcritical ,
overcriticalness ,
paltering ,
parrying ,
pestering ,
pettifoggery ,
pettifogging ,
petty ,
picayune ,
prevarication ,
priggishness ,
pussyfooting ,
quibble ,
rap ,
reflection ,
reproachfulness ,
shifting ,
shuffling ,
sidestepping ,
slam ,
stricture ,
subterfuge ,
swipe ,
taking exception ,
tergiversation ,
trichoschistic ,
trichoschistism ,
trifling ,
trivial ,
ultracritical
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