cavil
FORMAL
cav‧il /ˈkævəl/ verb (past tense and past participle cavilled, present participle cavilling, caviled, caviling) [intransitive]
خرده گیری کردن، عیب جویی کردن، خرده گیری، عیب جویی
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Synonyms & Related Wordscavil[verb]Synonyms: quibble, chicane, hypercriticize
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarycav‧il /ˈkæv
əl/
verb (
past tense and past participle cavilled,
present participle cavilling British English,
caviled,
caviling American English)
[intransitive] formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: cavillari 'to joke, cavil', from cavilla 'joking']
to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something
cavil at
They cavilled at our calculations.—cavil noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲