Cavil
21cavil — 1. verb /ˈkæv.əl,ˈkæv.ɪl/ To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. Syn: hypercritical, nitpick, pettifog, split hairs 2. noun …
22cavil — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, argue, argufy, around the bush, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bandy words, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, captiousness, carp, carping, catch at straws, caviling,… …
23cavil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. carp, find fault, take exception; be captious, quibble. See disapprobation, dissent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. quibble, find fault, criticize, carp; see censure , complain 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
24cavil — see CHALLENGE …
25cavil — cav·il || kævɪl v. complain, criticize, find fault …
26cavil — [ kav(ə)l] verb (cavils, cavilling, cavilled; US cavils, caviling, caviled) make petty or unnecessary objections. noun a petty or unnecessary objection. Derivatives caviller noun …
27cavil — n. 1. Frivolous objection, captious criticism, unwarranted censure, carping, censoriousness, wilful censure, objection for objection s sake. 2. Specious objection, specious controversion, specious disputation, sophistry, special pleading …
28cavil at — Censure captiously, carp at, wilfully find fault with, pick flaws in, raise frivolous objection to …
29cavil — verb cavilled, cavilling BrE, caviled, caviling AmE (intransitive + at) formal to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something …
30cavil — verb He caviled at the cost See carp …
