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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Nag, nag, nag Newsday 12 Jul 2024
Petty objection The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 23 Jun 2024
Make petty or unnecessary objections (5) Puzzler Backwords 11 Jun 2024
Make petty objection (5)
Use false arguments
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
Act the nitpicker
Raise trivial objections
Quibble
Petty objection New York Times 07 Nov 2017
Nitpick The Washington Post 05 Nov 2017
Nitpick LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2017
Be a carper Newsday 11 Jun 2017
Split hairs Universal 06 Feb 2017
Nitpick
Split hairs
Petty objection
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
Engage in quibbling
Split hairs
Kvetch
Trivial objection
Raise petty objections
Engage in quibbling
Raise petty objections
Trivial pursuit
Split hairs
Make trivial objections
Nitpick
Quibble
Trivial complaint
Raise trivial objections
Trivial objection
Nitpick incessantly
Be a nitpicker
Be nitpicky
Nag, nag, nag
Petty objection
Petty objection
Find fault with unnecessarily
Trivial objection
Be petty
Be nitpicky
Quibble
Quibble
Object trivially
Be petty
Bitch and moan
Quibble
Quibble
Nitpick
Carp
Find fault unnecessarily
Carp
Carp
Raise trivial objections
Criticize
Find fault
Nitpick
Pick
Pick
Trivial objection
Find fault
Object trivially
Complain pettily
Trivial objection
Trivial thing
Complain pettily
Trivial objection
Nit-pick
Nitpick
Criticize
Complain
Nitpick
Object
Find fault with unnecessarily
Trivial objection
Trivial object
Be picayune
Raise frivolous objections
Nitpick
Find fault needlessly
Find fault
Nitpick
Raise trivial objections
Criticize
Nit-pick
Object pettily
Find fault.
Find fault without reason.
Find fault frivolously.
Be petty
Quibble.
Find fault with.
Object pettily.
Carp.
Quibble (at).
Find fault
Raise trivial objections.
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