'Caviling' definitions:
Definition of 'Caviling'
From: GCIDE
- Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. [1913 Webster]
- You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Caviling'
From: GCIDE
- Caviling \Cav"il*ing\, a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. [1913 Webster]
- His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'caviling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- captious,
- carping,
- censorious,
- contrary,
- critic,
- demanding,
- exacting,
- faultfinding,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- hairsplitting,
- hypercritical,
- mean,
- niggling,
- nitpicking,
- overcritical,
- perverse,
- petty,
- picky,
- small