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caviling definition
caviling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cavil Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cavil Entailment of verb cavil Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb cavil 1 sense of cavil Sense 1 cavil, carp, chicane => object Familiarity of verb cavil cavil used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cavil Sense 1 cavil, carp, chicane => object -------------- Overview of verb cavil The verb cavil has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cavil, carp, chicane -- (raise trivial objections) Overview of adj caviling The adj caviling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 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 caviling 1 sense of caviling Sense 1 caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical Similarity of adj caviling 1 sense of caviling Sense 1 caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling => critical (vs. uncritical) Attributes of adj caviling Familiarity of adj caviling caviling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj caviling caviling Overview of verb cavil The verb cavil has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cavil, carp, chicane -- (raise trivial objections) Overview of adj caviling The adj caviling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 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")
caviling definition
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