[syn: captious, faultfinding]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fault-finding \Fault"-find`ing\, n.
The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively.
Also Adj.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
faultfinding
adj 1: tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on
personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be
faultfinding"
2: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
[syn: captious, faultfinding]
n 1: persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn:
faultfinding, carping]