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carping definition

carping


 
  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 
  -------------- 
 
  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