| Fault-finding (n.) The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj. Thesaurus Entries captious, captiousness, carping, cavilling, censorious, censure, contentious, critical, criticism, fussiness, fussy, hair-splitting, hypercritical, hypercriticism, niggling, nit-picking, pettifogging, picky, querulous, quibbling |