āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to cavil
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āĻ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to make objections, often over small details without a good reason
Intransitive: to cavil at sth | to cavil about sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some coworkers tend to cavil about office temperatures, finding fault with the thermostat setting.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻšāĻāϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāϏā§āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āϤā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāĻā§, āĻĨāĻžāϰā§āĻŽā§āϏā§āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01
a minor complaint raised over something of little importance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had a cavil about the font on the flyer, even though the event details were perfect.
āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĢāύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ cavil āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
caviler
caviller
cavil
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