Thesaurus / cavil
FEEDBACKRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING cavil
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
How to use cavil in a sentence
None of these cavils really matter, given that the revivified Sex and the City juggernaut is upon us.
CANDACE BUSHNELL ASKS, ‘IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY?’ THE ANSWER: GET ME A COSMO, FAST.TIM TEEMANDECEMBER 8, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThere 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 NOMADWORDS 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
- accuse
- ascribe
- attack
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- carp
- cavil
- charge
- contravene
- criticize
- defy
- demur
- denounce
- deplore
- deprecate
- differ
- disagree
- disapprove
- dissent
- expostulate
- find fault
- fret
- fuss
- gainsay
- grieve
- gripe
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- impute
- indict
- kick up a fuss
- lament
- lay
- look askance
- make a fuss
- moan
- nag
- object
- oppose
- protest
- refute
- remonstrate
- repine
- reproach
- snivel
- sound off
- take exception to
- wail
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- accused
- ascribed
- attacked
- beefed
- bellyached
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- bitched
- carped
- cavilled
- charged
- contravened
- criticized
- defied
- demurred
- denounced
- deplored
- deprecated
- differed
- disagreed
- disapproved
- dissented
- expostulated
- found fault
- fretted
- fussed
- gainsaid
- grieved
- griped
- groaned
- groused
- growled
- grumbled
- imputed
- indicted
- kicked up a fuss
- lamented
- lay
- looked askance
- made a fuss
- moaned
- nagged
- objected
- opposed
- protested
- refuted
- remonstrated
- repined
- reproached
- snivelled
- sounded off
- took exception to
- wailed
- whimpered
- whined
- yammered
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.