The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cavillous — cav·il·lous … English syllables
cavillous — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ləs adjective : given to cavil : caviling … Useful english dictionary
Cavilous — Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavilously — Cavilous Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavilousness — Cavilous Cav il*ous or Cavillous Cav il*lous, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] {Cav il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
captious — [adj] very critical acrimonious, cantankerous, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, contrary, crabby, cross, demanding, deprecating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, fault finding, finicky, hypercritical, irritable, nagging, nitpicking,… … New thesaurus
censorious — [adj] very critical accusatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, chiding, complaining, condemnatory, condemning, critical, culpatory, denouncing, disapproving, disparaging, fault finding, hypercritical, overcritical, reprehending,… … New thesaurus
critical — [adj1] fault finding, detracting analytical, belittling, biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring, choleric, condemning, critic, cutting, cynical, demanding, demeaning, derogatory, diagnostic,… … New thesaurus
