caviling

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} or
   {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} or {Cavilling}.] [L.
   cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla
   bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.]
   To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault
   without good reason.
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         You do not well in obstinacy
         To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caviling \Cav"il*ing\, a.
   Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See
   {Captious}.
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         His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "caviling":
      captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding,
      exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting,
      hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, overcritical, perverse,
      petty, picky, small
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