find fault

Idioms and Phrases

Criticize, express dissatisfaction with, as in She was a difficult traveling companion, constantly finding fault with the hotel, meal service, and tour guides . [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

If he has higher views for his son than a marriage with a nameless girl like me, his son should be the last to find fault.

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I expected that you would have come to see me, to find fault with me for my performance yesterday evening.

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A stepfather to an unmarried girl, both eyeing each other for a chance to find fault—if you please, no thank you!

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"He would be an exceedingly unreasonable man who could find fault with such a wife as mine," was his smiling rejoinder.

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He knew not that in certain humours a woman will find fault with anything.

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Related Words

• annoy
• badger
• berate
• fuss
• hector
• hound
• irk
• irritate
• pester
• scold
• tease
• torment
• vex