cavil

cav·il  (kvl)

v. cav·iled also cav·illed, cav·il·ing also cav·il·ling, cav·ils also cav·ils

v.intr.

To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections. See Synonyms at quibble.

v.tr.

To quibble about; detect petty flaws in.

n.

A carping or trivial objection.

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[French caviller, from Old French, from Latin cavillr, to jeer, from cavilla, a jeering.]

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cavil·er n.

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cavil [ˈkævɪl]

vb -ils, -illing, -illed US, -ils -iling, -iled

(intr; foll by at or about) to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp

n

a captious trifling objection

[from Old French caviller, from Latin cavillārī to jeer, from cavilla raillery]

caviller  n

cavilling  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cavil - an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections quibble, quiddity equivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Verb	1.	cavil - raise trivial objections carp, chicane object - express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"

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cavil

verb find fault, object, complain, beef (slang), carp, quibble, kvetch (U.S. slang) This is not the time to cavil about petty details.

Translations

cavil [ˈkævɪl] (cavilled (caviled)) (US) (pt) (pp)

A. N → reparo m

B. VI → poner peros or reparos (at a)

cavil

vi → kritteln; to cavil at something → an etw (dat) → herumkritteln

cavil [ˈkævɪl] vi (cavilled, Am caviled (pt, pp)) to cavil (at) → cavillare (su)

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cavil [ˈkævɪl] vi (cavilled, Am caviled (pt, pp)) to cavil (at) → cavillare (su)