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carping definition
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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
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