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carping [ˈkɑːpɪŋ] adj
tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding carpingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
carping adjective fault-finding, critical, nagging, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), hard to please, cavilling, hypercritical, captious They deserve recognition, not carping criticism. Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But Peter was perfectly satisfied, so nobody cast any blight on his happiness by carping criticism. Macey, you and me are two folks," said Ben, slightly indignant at this carping. {182} The people of Ithaca seem to have been as fond of carping as the Phaeacians were in vi. |
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