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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Hafter :: Hafter (n.) A caviler; a wrangler.
Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Cavilingly :: Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.
Argutation :: Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.
Carper :: Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.
Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Cavillous :: Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing..
Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.
Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.
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..
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..
Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..
Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
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