Cavil synonyms

kăv'əl

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quiddity
The essential quality of a thing
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criticize
To find fault with:
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quibble
To quibble is defined as to use petty, trivial expressions or arguments when discussing an issue.
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complain (related)
To find fault; declare annoyance
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censure (related)
Censure is defined as to criticize or judge in a harsh manner.
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belittle
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible:
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bicker
To engage in a bad-tempered quarrel, often in a petty manner over something trivial; squabble.
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criticism (speciousor frivolous)
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criticize.--n. objection
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nitpick
To be concerned with or find fault with insignificant details.
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objection
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carp
To complain or find fault in a petty or disagreeable way:
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chicane
To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.
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repine (related)
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distance of time (related)
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sneer (related)
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find-fault
(Intransitive) To criticize excessively
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exception
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haggle
To argue in an attempt to come to terms.
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Find another word for cavil. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cavil, like: quiddity, criticize, quibble, complain, censure, belittle, bicker, criticism (speciousor frivolous), criticize.--n. objection, nitpick and objection.
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Cavil Sentence Examples

  • Equally ingenious is their cavil, that women should not be baptized if baptism is to be made conformable to circumcision.

  • On the one hand, the general agreement everywhere between the Hebrew accounts and contemporaneous records from Mesopotamia proves beyond cavil that, broadly speaking, the Bible accounts are historically true, and were written by persons who in the main had access to contemporaneous documents.

  • The Final Five Cylons did not know they were Cylons thanks to Cavil blocking their memories and implanting them among the humans.

  • After allowing for this, Angelico should nevertheless be accepted beyond cavil as an exalted typical painter according to his own range of conceptions, consonant with his monastic calling, unsullied purity of life and exceeding devoutness.

  • According to Ellen Tigh, the Daniel models (also known as 7s) had their clones sabotaged by Cavil.

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