cavil

English - Turkish

Definition of cavil in English Turkish dictionary: bahane aramak; bahane ara; kusur bulmak; caviler itirazcı kimse; itiraz; kusur; be beyond cavil münakaşa kabul etmemek; {f} şikâyetçi olmak; {f} (önemsiz şeyler üzerinde) tartışmak; at -e itiraz etmek: I won't cavil about it with you. Seninle onu tartışmam; bahane; itiraz kaldırmamak; hata ara; yersiz itirazlarda bulunmak bahane
cavil about: (Fiili Deyim ) -e sebepsiz itirazda bulunmak
cavil at: (Fiili Deyim ) -e kusur bulmak , bahane aramak
caviling: bahane arayarak
caviling: {i} bahane arama
caviller: itirazcı kimse
caviling: bahane ara(mak)
beyond cavil: itiraz kaldırmaz
beyond cavil: tartışma kabul etmez
caviling: bahane ara
caviller: (isim) itirazcı
caviller: {i} itirazcı

English - English

Definition of cavil in English English dictionary: A petty or trivial objection or criticism; To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; {v} to raise objections, wrangle, quarrel; {n} a captious or frivolous objection; 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 ); an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections; {i} fault-finding criticism; annoying and insignificant objection; raising of cavils; To cavil at; To criticise for petty reasons; {f} complain, criticize, find fault, raise annoying and insignificant objections; raise trivial objections; To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason
caviling: cavilation
caviling: Present participle of cavil
cavilling: cavillation
cavilling: Present participle of cavil
caviller: {n} one who cavils, a captious disputant
caviling: Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason
caviling: quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer's mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"
caviller: {i} one who looks for defects, one who finds fault, one who criticizes
caviller: One who cavils
cavils: To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason; third person singular of "cavil

cavil

Hyphenation

ca·vil

Synonyms

hypercritical, nitpick, pettifog, split hairs, find fault, criticize, carp

Pronunciation

Etymology

() From Old French caviller (“mock”, “jest”, “rail”), from Latin cavillor (“jeer, mock, satirise, reason captiously”), from cavilla (“jeering”, “raillery”, “scoffing”); cognate with Italian cavillare, Portuguese cavillar, and Spanish cavilar; nominal usage developed within English from the original verbal usage.“” and “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary