His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
caviling — index contentious, critical (faultfinding), criticism, disaccord, disapprobation, dissension, dissent ( … Law dictionary
caviling — adj captious, faultfinding, censorious, carping, *critical, hypercritical Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND): *contrary, perverse: objecting, protesting, expostulating, kicking (see OBJECT) Contrasted words: accommodating, obliging … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Caviling — Cavil Cav il (k[a^]v [i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} or {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} or {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caviling — adjective or cavilling : disposed to cavil : inclined to find fault and raise picayune ill grounded objections caviling pettifoggers and quibbling pleaders Edmund Burke Synonyms: see critical … Useful english dictionary
caviling — noun cavilation … Wiktionary
caviling — Synonyms and related words: captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding, exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, overcritical, perverse, petty, picky, small … Moby Thesaurus
caviling — cav·il || kævɪl v. complain, criticize, find fault … English contemporary dictionary
Aucupia verborum sunt judice indigna — Caviling is unworthy of a judge s dignity … Ballentine's law dictionary
Captious — Cap tious, a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See {Caption}.] 1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. [1913 Webster] A captious and suspicious age. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] I am… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
critical — 1 Critical, hypercritical, faultfinding, captious, caviling, carping, censorious are comparable when they mean exhibiting the spirit of one who detects and points out faults or defects. Critical, when applied to persons who judge and to their… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
