'Carping' definitions:
Definition of 'carping'
(from WordNet)
noun
Persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: faultfinding, carping]
Definition of 'Carping'
From: GCIDE
- Carp \Carp\ (k[aum]rp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped (k[aum]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]
- 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. [1913 Webster]
- Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster]
- And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Carping'
From: GCIDE
- Carping \Carp"ing\ (k[aum]rp"[i^]ng), a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- {Carp"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'carping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adverse criticism,
- animadversion,
- aspersion,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- blameful,
- captious,
- captiousness,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censorious,
- censoriousness,
- condemnatory,
- critical,
- criticism,
- cynical,
- damnatory,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- flak,
- hairsplitting,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercritical,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- imputation,
- jawing,
- knock,
- nagging,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- objurgatory,
- obloquy,
- overcritical,
- overcriticalness,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- priggishness,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- railing,
- rap,
- reflection,
- reproachful,
- reproachfulness,
- slam,
- stricture,
- swipe,
- taking exception,
- trichoschistic,
- trichoschistism,
- ultracritical,
- upbraiding