Caviling

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  • v. Present participle of cavil.
  • n. cavilation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See captious.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of raising captious and frivolous objections; an objection of a captious nature: as, “cavillings and menacings,”
  • Raising frivolous objections; fault-finding.
    • Word Usage
    "BMW's Mini brand has managed to spin off iterations of the Mini Cooper that are bigger and offer more doors see my recent caviling about the Countryman but the company runs the risk of exhausting its small-car cred."
    Variant
    captious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    critical    captious    hairsplitting    carping    exceptive    exceptious    hypercritical   
     
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