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cavil
[ kav-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about ):
He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used with object)
- to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections:
to cavil each item of a proposed agenda.
noun
- a trivial and annoying objection.
- the raising of such objections.
cavil
/ 藞办忙惫瑟濒 /
verb
- intr; foll by at or about to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp
noun
- a captious trifling objection
Derived Forms
- 藞肠补惫颈濒濒别谤, noun
- 藞肠补惫颈濒濒颈苍驳, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠补惫顎僫濒路别谤 especially British, 肠补惫顎僫濒路濒别谤 noun
- 肠补惫顎僫濒路颈苍驳路濒测 especially British, 肠补惫顎僫濒路濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
- 辞耻迟顎卌补惫顎僫濒 verb (used with object) outcaviled outcaviling or (especially British) outcavilled outcavilling
- 耻苍路肠补惫顎僫濒路颈苍驳 adjective
- 耻苍路肠补惫顎僫濒路濒颈苍驳 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cavil1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cavil1
Example Sentences
This proposal generated cavils in the chattering classes that it would drive home prices up to absorb the $25,000 grant, putatively keeping homes out of the reach of the beneficiaries.
"Mueller's long report explained precisely his reasons for his prosecutorial decisions. Durham just recycles old cavils about the launching of the Russia investigation that have zero connection to any alleged crime. It's bogus," he tweeted.
But Mr. Sunak鈥檚 critics fell into predictable cavils about 鈥渞earranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.鈥
What artist would want to tap into the flow of my caviling thoughts in the middle of a performance?
The Justice Department, on the other hand, needs to develop a legal case consisting of admissible evidence proving criminal guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and if possible beyond Republican cavil as well.
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