caviling (root: cavil)

POS

Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

cav=il=ing

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CIDE DICTIONARY

caviling, a.

Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. [1913 Webster]

"His depreciatory and caviling criticism." [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

caviling

captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding, exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, overcritical, perverse, petty, picky, small

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