Definition of cavil

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Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

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Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..
Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Hafter :: Hafter (n.) A caviler; a wrangler.
Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.
Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.
Carper :: Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Caption :: Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..
Cavillous :: Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing..
Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.
Caviller :: Caviller (n.) One who cavils.
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
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