cavilling

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Definition of cavilling in English Turkish dictionary

cavil
bahane aramak
cavil
bahane ara
cavil
{f} kusur bulmak
cavil
caviler itirazcı kimse
cavil
itiraz
cavil
kusur
cavil
be beyond cavil münakaşa kabul etmemek
cavil
{f} şikâyetçi olmak
cavil
{f} (önemsiz şeyler üzerinde) tartışmak; at -e itiraz etmek: I won't cavil about it with you. Seninle onu tartışmam
cavil
bahane
cavil
itiraz kaldırmamak
cavil
hata ara
cavil
yersiz itirazlarda bulunmak bahane
English - English
cavillation
Present participle of cavil
cavil
A petty or trivial objection or criticism
cavil
To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons
cavil
{v} to raise objections, wrangle, quarrel
cavil
{n} a captious or frivolous objection
cavil
cav·il cavils cavilling cavilled in AM, use caviling, caviled disapproval If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary. Let us not cavil too much I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report. = quibble Cavil is also a noun. These cavils aside, most of the essays are very good indeed. to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something cavil at (cavillari , from cavilla )
cavil
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
cavil
{i} fault-finding criticism; annoying and insignificant objection; raising of cavils
cavil
To cavil at
cavil
To criticise for petty reasons
cavil
{f} complain, criticize, find fault, raise annoying and insignificant objections
cavil
raise trivial objections
cavil
To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason