Defenition of the word carping

• Defenition of the word carping

  • 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"
  • persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  • 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"

Synonyms for the word carping

• • caviling
  • complaining
  • critical
  • discontented
  • dissatisfaction
  • dissatisfied
  • fault-finding
  • faultfinding
  • grousing
  • moaning
  • nit-picking
  • nitpicking
  • pettifogging
  • quibbling

Similar words in the carping

• • carping
  • critical

Hypernyms for the word carping

• • criticism
  • unfavorable judgment

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