Thesaurus / caviling
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But deductions were afterwards made in a caviling spirit which excited bitter feelings.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLANDGEORGE WASHINGTON GREENESir, if I must perforce do this thing, and no denial will avail, do it I will without more caviling.
TALES FROM THE OLD FRENCHVARIOUSAnd while I'm not caviling, you will pardon me, son, if I suggest that hereafter you play square with me.
BLACKSHEEP! BLACKSHEEP!MEREDITH NICHOLSONI will have no one caviling at me, for instance, because I do not know when Washington was born.
THE JOYS OF BEING A WOMANWINIFRED KIRKLANDNow cut this land up into little, caviling factions, and where are we?
THE EYE OF DREADPAYNE ERSKINELet there be no caviling and contention on the score of possibility; be satisfied with the inquiry: Is it the Word of God?
EPISTLE SERMONS, VOL. IIIMARTIN LUTHERThey began to lay the foundation for caviling at the legality of that body, if its measures should be hostile to them.
MEMOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, AND MISCELLANIES, FROM THE PAPERS OF THOMAS JEFFERSONTHOMAS JEFFERSONIt is simplicity and not worldly arrogance, obedience and not caviling; first as a daughter, then as a wife.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD DETROITAMANDA MINNIE DOUGLASIt is our good fortune to know such a man; but it is difficult to present him to a scientific and caviling generation.
IN THE WILDERNESSCHARLES DUDLEY WARNERTheir improvement has been so astonishing as to silence doubt and caviling.
AMERICAN MISSIONARY, VOLUME 43, NO. 5, MAY, 1889VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO CAVILING
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- animadversions
- aspersions
- bad presses
- blasts
- brickbats
- call downs
- carpings
- cavilings
- cavils
- censures
- critical remarks
- cuts
- denunciations
- disparagements
- faultfinding
- flak
- hits
- knocks
- nit-picking
- objections
- opprobrium
- panning
- pans
- put downs
- quibbles
- rap on knuckles
- reproofs
- roasts
- slams
- slap on wrists
- slaps
- static
- strictures
- swipes
- vitriol
- zappers
- annoyed
- cantankerous
- captious
- caviling
- choleric
- churlish
- crabby
- cranky
- crotchety
- crusty
- disagreeable
- faultfinding
- fractious
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impatient
- irascible
- irritable
- out of humor
- peeved
- peevish
- pettish
- petulant
- put out
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- short
- snappy
- splenetic
- sullen
- surly
- testy
- tetchy
- touchy
- vexed
- waspish
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- condemning
- critic
- cutting
- cynical
- demanding
- demeaning
- derogatory
- diagnostic
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- finicky
- fussy
- hairsplitting
- humbling
- hypercritical
- lowering
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- overcritical
- particular
- penetrating
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- severe
- sharp
- trenchant
- withering
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