| Carp |
| Kvetch |
| Quibble |
| Nitpick |
| Complain |
| Nit-pick |
| Be petty |
| Criticize |
| Find fault |
| Be a carper |
| Be nitpicky |
| Split hairs |
| Nag, nag, nag |
| Bitch and moan |
| Be a nitpicker |
| Object pettily |
| Quibble (about) |
| Trivial pursuit |
| Petty objection |
| Complain pettily |
| Object trivially |
| Trivial objection |
| Act the nitpicker |
| Trivial complaint |
| Object frivolously |
| Nitpick incessantly |
| Engage in quibbling |
| Find fault needlessly |
| Raise petty objections |
| Make trivial objections |
| Raise trivial objections |
| Find fault with unnecessarily |
| Verb from the Latin for "quibble |