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verb-intransitive. To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections. See Synonyms at quibble.

v. To quibble about; detect petty flaws in.

n. A carping or trivial objection.

v. To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

n. A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

verb-intransitive. To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

v. To cavil at.

n. A captious or frivolous objection.

n. See cavel

n. See cavel.

To raise captious and frivolous objections; find fault without good reason; carp: frequently followed by at.

To receive or treat with objections; find fault with.

n. A captious or frivolous objection; an exception taken for the sake of argument; a carping argument.

n. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

v. raise trivial objections

"The association of Brother Cavil's name with the word 'cavil' seems almost irresistible."

cavilled    cavilling    cavils   

evasion    equivocation    object   

cavilling    cavilled   

caviled    cavilled    caviling    cavilling   

criticism    carping    wrangle    except    carp    nibble    haggle    higgle    stickle    quarrel   

animadversion    objective    subject    boastfulness    prevarication    misinterpretation