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There is no hesitation, cavil, or debate in the acceptance of it as a duty.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, JANUARY 1883VARIOUSI should n't want to have it go abroad that we had not acted formally, if there was any one disposed to cavil.
ELIHEMAN WHITE CHAPLINOf this he complains, with some cause, as it afterwards occasioned numbers of unsanctified critics to laugh and cavil at him.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTSSome discontented Frerons or Arnauds, might cavil against it: but this was rebellion, not controversy.
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DAVID HUME, VOLUME II (OF 2)JOHN HILL BURTONThis appeared to be a contradiction in terms, but public apathy accepted it without cavil.
SOMEHOW GOODWILLIAM DE MORGANI took up her book again and tried to cavil at it,over one or two dainty bits of poetic simile and sentiment I laughed,enviously.
THE SORROWS OF SATANMARIE CORELLIThat Mr. Talbot was very angry indeed was established beyond cavil.
A REVERSIBLE SANTA CLAUSMEREDITH NICHOLSONThe cavil against the Colonel abated not a jot; the epithets hurled at his devoted head were as picturesque as of yore.
THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEYT. PHELANSpiritual insight establishes two facts beyond cavil or dispute or reversion.
SEX=THE UNKNOWN QUANTITYALI NOMADBeyond cavil, this portly and handsome volume makes good the claim which is set forth on the title-page.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 85, NOVEMBER, 1864VARIOUSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO CAVIL
- abuse
- admonish
- animadvert
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- berate
- blame
- carp at
- castigate
- cavil
- chastise
- chide
- contemn
- cut up
- denigrate
- denounce
- deprecate
- disapprove
- discipline
- disparage
- exprobate
- find fault with
- get after
- impugn
- incriminate
- judge
- knock
- lecture
- look askance
- ostracize
- pick apart
- pull apart
- read out
- rebuff
- rebuke
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- scold
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- upbraid
- abused
- admonished
- animadverted
- aspersed
- attacked
- backbit
- berated
- blamed
- carp at
- castigated
- cavilled
- chastised
- chided
- contemned
- cut up
- denigrated
- denounced
- deprecated
- disapproved
- disciplined
- disparaged
- exprobated
- found fault with
- got after
- impugned
- incriminated
- judged
- knocked
- lectured
- looked askance
- ostracized
- picked apart
- pulled apart
- read out
- rebuffed
- rebuked
- remonstrated
- reprehended
- reprimanded
- reproached
- reproved
- scolded
- tear apart
- told off
- took to task
- upbraided
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.