CAVILING

Meaning of CAVILING in English

p.pr. & ·vb.n. of cavil.

2. caviling ·adj disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. ·see captious.

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CAVILING — adjective or cavilling : disposed to cavil : inclined to find fault and raise picayune ill-grounded objections caviling pettifoggers and …
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CAVILING — (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
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CAVILING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavil
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CAVILING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Cavil
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAVILING — ( a. ) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
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CAVILING — Synonyms and related words : captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding, exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAVILING — v. Function: adjective Synonyms: CRITICAL 1, captious, carping, cavillous, censorious, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical Related Words: contrary, perverse; demanding, exacting; …
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CAVILING — adjective Synonyms: critical 1, captious, carping, cavillous, censorious, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical Related Word: contrary, perverse; demanding, exacting; finicky, fussy, …
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CAVILING — Придирка
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ARGUTIOSE — adj quibbling, caviling
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QUIBBLE — I. verb (~d; quibbling) Date: 1656 intransitive verb to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words, 2. …
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CAVILLING — adjective see caviling
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QUIBBLING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of quibble (II) 1. : the action of one that quibbles 2. …
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MOME — I. ˈmōm noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown archaic : a dull doltish person : blockhead , fool II. …
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CAVIL — I. ˈkavəl, Brit often -vil verb ( caviled or cavilled ; caviled or cavilled ; caviling or cavilling -v(ə)liŋ, -vil- …
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CRITICAL — ˈkrid.ə̇kəl, -itə̇k-, -ēk- adjective Etymology: critic (I) + -al 1. a. : inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably : given …
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CAVILLOUS — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_ləs adjective : given to cavil : caviling
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CAVILINGNESS — noun ( -es ) : the quality or state of being caviling
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CAVILINGLY — adverb : in a caviling manner
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QUIBBLE — (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or …
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FALLAX — (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.
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CHICANE — (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- …
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CAVILLOUS — (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing.
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CAVILINGLY — (adv.) In a caviling manner.
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CARPING — (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
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CAPTION — (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
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ARGUTATION — (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.
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QUIBBLE — ( v. i. ) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHICANE — ( n. ) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or …
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CAVILLOUS — ( a. ) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing.
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