as in criticizers
a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults
a tiresome nitpicker who seems to think that I can't do anything right
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Recent Examples of nitpickers
Alas, nitpickers can point to some moves in which Atlanta went backward.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nitpickers
critics
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Vucic, government officials and the pro-government media have branded critics as foreign agents who wish to destroy the country — rhetoric that has ramped up political polarization.—
Jovana Gec,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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For one thing, critics are never simpatico with the jury, and the fourth estate is already building a ring fence around the most austere European offerings, those being Pawel Pawlikowski’s Fatherland and Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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“Nitpickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nitpickers. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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