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  • present participle of cavil.

caviling







ADJECTIVE
faultfinding
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So what was I caviling about to myself during intermission?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

What artist would want to tap into the flow of my caviling thoughts in the middle of a performance?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

They make deals, unencumbered by caviling aides and persnickety diplomats, as he and Mr. Trump will be when they meet in Helsinki.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2018

It would come off as cheeky caviling to basically say, “I don’t like the way you defended me and my property from a criminal.”

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2016

Nothing is said so simply that it cannot be distorted by caviling.

From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon


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