adverse criticism, bicker, complain, dispute, give and take, jesuitism, nit-picking, pick holes, quibble, shuffle, tear apart
Last update: September 11, 2015
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"It was worth it anyway, so we won't cavil about the price." [noun]
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Because my sister is so hard to please, she will cavil about the smallest of things. [Please select]
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My ungrateful daughter had the nerve to cavil about the amount of money spent on her Christmas presents. [Please select]
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This we have shown beyond all cavil. [Please select]
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So were they all in their blind fancy, Mr Cavil and Mr Sometimes Godly, Mr Ape Swillale, Mr False Franklin, Mr Dainty Dixon, Young Boasthard and Mr Cautious Calmer. [Please select]
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Purists may cavil, but nevertheless the word is better than _driver_, or _motor_-_man_ (which is the quintessence of snobbery), or _conductor_. [Please select]
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Certain it is that there is much in his utterances for a less robust democracy than his own to cavil at.' [Please select]
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In fact, we might easily cavil at the word "worm." [Please select]
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They are accustomed to receive mysterious commands, and obey them without cavil or question. [Please select]
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[999] “He excited public cavil, not by evil actions, but by his habit of self-glorification. [Please select]
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Yet why cavil at the vehicle by which one arrives at Nirvana. [Please select]
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