Definition for Pettifogging:

• Pettifoggery.

Synonyms for Pettifogging:

• adj.

  •critical (adjective)
  • Fault-finding.
  •fault-finding (adjective)
  • hyper-critical,
  • hyper critical,
  • over-critical,
  • more hairsplitting,
  • more nit picking,
  • nit picking,
  • more pettifogging,
  • hard please,
  • most nit-picking,
  • most pettifogging,
  • fault finding,
  • most hairsplitting,
  • most nit picking,
  • more nit-picking.
  •petty (adjective)
  • more penny ante,
  • narrowminded,
  • sub-ordinate,
  • pennyante,
  • more pennyante,
  • nickel and dime,
  • most nickel-and-dime,
  • in essential,
  • more nickel and dime,
  • scratchest,
  • most junior,
  • sub ordinate,
  • more shoestring,
  • most penny ante,
  • in consequent,
  • most pennyante,
  • in-consequent,
  • twobit,
  • un-important,
  • smallminded,
  • narrow minded,
  • more peanut,
  • more penny-ante,
  • more nickel-and-dime,
  • most penny-ante,
  • most peanut,
  • in-essential,
  • most shoestring,
  • small minded,
  • most nickel and dime.
  •piddling (adjective)
  • more derisory,
  • most derisory.

• n.

  •carping (noun)
  • carping.
  •caviling (noun)
  • caviling.
  •critical (noun)
  • critical.
  •pettifogging (noun)
  • nitpicking,
  • quibbling.
  •shifty (noun)
  • deceitful,
  • sly,
  • evasive.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dishonest.
  •unprincipled
  • unscrupulous.

Pettifogging Sentence Examples:

• There were Clintons at Kencote when his particular Trenches were pettifogging tradesmen in Yorkshire, and centuries before that.

• Their words alone were redolent of idealism, their deeds were too often marred by pettifogging compromises or childish blunders - constructive phrases and destructive acts.