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pick-at

Verbs

• (v) pluck or pull at with the fingers
  • She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse
  pluck at, pull at,
• (v) eat like a bird
  • The anorexic girl just picks at her food
  peck at, peck,
• (v) express a negative opinion of
  • She disparaged her student's efforts
  disparage, belittle,

Synonyms

pluck at pull at peck at peck disparage belittle

Antonyms

blandish flatter

Words of close approximity