nitpicky
verbHow many syllables in nitpicky?
There are 3 syllables in the word nitpicky.How to pronounce nitpicky:
Definition of nitpicky:
- nitpicky (verb):
- to engage in nit-picking
Synonyms for nitpicky:
captious
critical
demanding
discerning
discriminating
exacting
fastidious
faultfinding
finical
finicky
fussy
hypercritical
judgmental
judicious
overcritical
particular
pettifogging
picky
quibbling
rejective
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- naughtiest
- involving
- hemorrhoid
- egestion
- patrolling
- mythical
- murderer
- joyously
- inventive
- fulfillment
- fainthearted
- displeasure
- bookkeeping
- antoinette
- untoward
- extinguished
- enkindled
- consorting
- Ronaldo
- peregrine
- misbehaved
- meaningless
- laissez-faire
- illustrate
- good-looking
- experienced
- exodus
- blissfully
- amputate
- acrophobe
- malpractice
- exigent
- dietary
- commuter
- alumnus
- sediment
- reservoir
- remarry
- overawed
- idealise
- groveling
- extricate
- enrapture
- endanger
- discolor
- ciseler
- angerly
- surety
- preparing
- Illias
- … more
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