Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb carp
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb carp
Entailment of verb carp
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb carp
1 sense of carp
Sense 1
cavil, carp, chicane
=> object
Familiarity of verb carp
carp used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb carp
Sense 1
cavil, carp, chicane
=> object
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Grep of noun carping
carping
Overview of noun carping
The noun carping has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) faultfinding, carping -- (persistent petty and unjustified criticism)
Overview of verb carp
The verb carp has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cavil, carp, chicane -- (raise trivial objections)
Overview of adj carping
The adj carping has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling -- (quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics")
Antonyms of adj carping
1 sense of carping
Sense 1
caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling
INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical
Similarity of adj carping
1 sense of carping
Sense 1
caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling
=> critical (vs. uncritical)
Attributes of adj carping
Familiarity of adj carping
carping used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj carping
carping
Overview of noun carping
The noun carping has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) faultfinding, carping -- (persistent petty and unjustified criticism)
Overview of verb carp
The verb carp has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cavil, carp, chicane -- (raise trivial objections)
Overview of adj carping
The adj carping has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling -- (quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics")
carping definition
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