pettifogging Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- remarkable
- discernible
- pivotal
- considerable
- weighty
- weighty
- appreciable
- conspicuous
- discernible
- noteworthy
- important
- measurable
- prominent
- pivotal
- appreciable
- striking
- momentous
- prominent
- outstanding
- momentous
- important
- noteworthy
- remarkable
- eventful
- measurable
- eventful
- conspicuous
- outstanding
- considerable
- striking
Weak:
Strongest:
- footling
- minute
- slight
- picayune
- trivial
- nominal
- niggling
- trifling
- tiny
- little
- piddling
- quibbling
- hairsplitting
- petty
Strong:
- puny
- inconsiderable
- insignificant
- inconsequential
- nitpicking
- chicken
- measly
- pimping
- piffling
- peanut
- paltry
- mickey-mouse
- piddly
- inappreciable
- no-account
- negligible
- imperceptible
Weak:
Meaning of pettifogging
pettifogging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Pettifog
pettifogging (a.)
Paltry; quibbling; mean.
pettifogging (n.)
Pettifoggery.
pettifogging Sentence Examples
- The lawyer's pettifogging arguments only served to delay the trial.
- The politician's pettifogging rhetoric failed to impress voters.
- The professor's pettifogging criticisms detracted from the otherwise valuable lecture.
- The company's pettifogging legal tactics allowed them to avoid accountability.
- The HOA's pettifogging rules and regulations frustrated residents.
- The student's pettifogging excuses for late assignments were unconvincing.
- The bureaucrat's pettifogging bureaucracy hindered progress.
- The salesman's pettifogging claims about the product's benefits misled customers.
- The scientist's pettifogging analysis of the data ignored key variables.
- The reviewer's pettifogging critique of the movie overlooked its artistic merits.
FAQs About the word pettifogging
of Pettifog, Paltry; quibbling; mean., Pettifoggery.
footling, minute,slight, picayune, trivial, nominal, niggling, trifling, tiny, little
substantial, substantial,serious, serious, remarkable, discernible, pivotal, considerable,weighty, weighty
The lawyer's pettifogging arguments only served to delay the trial.
The politician's pettifogging rhetoric failed to impress voters.
The professor's pettifogging criticisms detracted from the otherwise valuable lecture.
The company's pettifogging legal tactics allowed them to avoid accountability.
