English - Turkish
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
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English - English
Definition of cavilling in English English dictionary
- 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