intransitive verb. To argue or find fault over trivial matters; raise petty objections. synonym: quibble.

intransitive verb. To quibble about; point out petty flaws in.

noun. A carping or trivial objection.

noun. See cavel

noun. See cavel.

noun. A captious or frivolous objection; an exception taken for the sake of argument; a carping argument.

To raise captious and frivolous objections; find fault without good reason; carp: frequently followed by at.

To receive or treat with objections; find fault with.

transitive verb. To cavil at.

noun. A captious or frivolous objection.

intransitive verb. To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

verb. To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

noun. A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

noun. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

verb. raise trivial objections

"The association of Brother Cavil's name with the word 'cavil' seems almost irresistible."

caviled  caviling  cavilled  cavilling  

equivocation  evasion  object  

animadversion  boastfulness  misinterpretation  objective  prevarication  

adverse criticism  animadversion  argue  argufy  around the bush  

cavilled  cavilling  

cavilled  cavilling  cavils