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caviling (root: cavil)
CIDE DICTIONARY
caviling, a.
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. [1913 Webster]
"His depreciatory and caviling criticism."
[1913 Webster]
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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