Word "CAVIL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
raise trivial objections
Synonyms:
carp, chicane

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Synonyms:
quibble, quiddity

Crossword Clues for CAVIL

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Use false arguments
Make petty or unnecessary objections (5)
Be nitpicky Newsday 06 Mar 2024
Kvetch The Guardian Quick 19 Feb 2024
Raise objections, ... at
Actor Henry forgetting line gets to make petty objections (5)
Complain pettily Universal 23 Aug 2023
Raise trivial objections The Guardian Quick 23 May 2023
Make petty objections The Times Concise 10 Sep 2021
Be nitpicky Newsday 09 Jun 2021
Carp, the sixth to be found in shrunken state
Make unnecessary objections The Times Specialist Sunday 15 Mar 2020
Be nitpicky USA Today 26 Sep 2019
Around six fifty, complain
Six in California make petty complaints
Be a nitpicker Newsday 24 Mar 2019
Verb from the Latin for ''quibble'' Newsday 16 Feb 2019
Be nitpicky
Raise trivial objections Universal 29 Sep 2018
Act the nitpicker USA Today 19 Sep 2018
Quibble Universal 28 Jul 2018
Complain about foul when hacked down The Telegraph Toughie 23 May 2018
Quibble Premier Sunday 28 Jan 2018
Quibble
Raise trivial objections
Act the nitpicker
Petty objection New York Times 07 Nov 2017
Nitpick LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2017
Nitpick The Washington Post 05 Nov 2017
Be a carper Newsday 11 Jun 2017
Split hairs Universal 06 Feb 2017
Split hairs
Petty objection
Nitpick
Find fault Universal 08 Jul 2016
Be petty USA Today 27 Feb 2016
Find fault
Split hairs Newsday 03 Dec 2015
Complain pettily Jonesin 13 Oct 2015
Kvetch LA Times Daily 06 Sep 2015
Engage in quibbling Universal 14 Jun 2015
What quibblers do about replacing leader in base The Times Cryptic 29 Apr 2015
Split hairs
Engage in quibbling
Kvetch
Trivial objection
Raise petty objections
Raise petty objections
Trivial pursuit
Engage in quibbling
Split hairs
Nitpick
Make trivial objections
Quibble
Be nitpicky
Raise trivial objections
Nag, nag, nag
Trivial objection
Trivial complaint
Be a nitpicker
Nitpick incessantly
Petty objection
Find fault with unnecessarily
Petty objection
Trivial objection
Be nitpicky
Be petty
Quibble
Be petty
Quibble
Object trivially
Bitch and moan
Quibble
Quibble
Nitpick
Carp
Raise trivial objections
Carp
Carp
Find fault unnecessarily
Criticize
Find fault
Pick
Nitpick
Trivial objection
Pick
Trivial objection
Complain pettily
Find fault
Trivial thing
Complain pettily
Object trivially
Trivial objection
Criticize
Nit-pick
Nitpick
Nitpick
Complain
Object
Find fault with unnecessarily
Trivial objection
Be picayune
Trivial object
Raise frivolous objections
Nitpick
Find fault needlessly
Find fault
Nitpick
Raise trivial objections
Criticize
Nit-pick
Object pettily
Find fault
Object pettily.
Carp.
Quibble (at).
Quibble.
Find fault with.
Find fault.
Find fault without reason.
Find fault frivolously.
Raise trivial objections.
Be petty
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