adverse criticism
animadversion
argue
argufy
around the bush
aspersion
bad notices
bad press
bandy words
beat about
beg the question
bicker
boggle
captiousness
carp
carping
catch at straws
cavil
caviling
censoriousness
chicane
chop logic
choplogic
contend
contest
criticism
criticize
cross swords
cut and thrust
cut up
discept
dispute
dodge
equivocate
equivocation
evade
evade the issue
evasion
exception
fault-find
faultfinding
fence
find fault
flak
give and take
hair-splitting
hairsplitting
circumvent
debate
duck
elude
fudge
hedge
parry
put-off
sidestep
skirt
quibbled
quibbles
quibbling
Sibyl
dibble
dribble
gribble
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nibble
scribble
sibyl
tribble