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Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

Cavil :: Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.

Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.

Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..

Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.

Hafter :: Hafter (n.) A caviler; a wrangler.

Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.

Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

Caviling :: Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.

Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..

Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.

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..

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.

Carper :: Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.

Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..

Caviller :: Caviller (n.) One who cavils.

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