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to cavil
01
to make objections, often over small details without a good reason
Intransitive: to cavil at sth | to cavil about sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
cavil
3rd person singular
cavils
Present participle
caviling
Past simple
caviled
Past participle
caviled
Examples
Despite the delicious dinner, she couldn't help but cavil about the tablecloth not matching the décor.
Cavil
01
a minor complaint raised over something of little importance
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
cavils
Examples
His only cavil with the new schedule was that coffee breaks weren't long enough.
Lexical Tree
caviler
caviller
cavil
