See cavil on Wiktionary
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"(intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons."
],
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{
"word": "be hypercritical"
},
{
"word": "nitpick"
},
{
"word": "pettifog"
},
{
"word": "split hairs"
}
],
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈkæv.əl/",
"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkæv.ɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ævəl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cavel"
},
{
"word": "cavell"
}
],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bcaxndrutʻyun anel",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "բծախնդրություն անել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zajaždam se",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "заяждам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuīmáoqiúcī",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "吹毛求疵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiāotī",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "挑剔"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mít námitky"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mít připomínky"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rýpat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kritizovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "chicaneren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "nipottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chicaner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "nörgeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "kritteln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "schikanieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mempsimoiró",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "μεμψιμοιρώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mikrologó",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "μικρολογώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "piszkál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "cavillare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se búni",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "се бу́ни"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sitníčari",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "ситни́чари"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "chicanar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "sofismar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "cicăli"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "pisălogi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "șicana"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridirátʹsja",
"sense": "to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons",
"word": "придира́ться"
}
],
"word": "cavil"
}
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"ref": "1835, Charles G. Finney, Lectures on revivals of religion:",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bcaxndrutʻyun",
"sense": "petty or trivial objection or criticism",
"word": "բծախնդրություն"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "petty or trivial objection or criticism",
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"code": "cs",
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"plural"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "petty or trivial objection or criticism",
"word": "nipotus"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prigováranje",
"sense": "petty or trivial objection or criticism",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "пригова́рање"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "petty or trivial objection or criticism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chicana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "petty or trivial objection or criticism",
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"feminine"
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}
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