Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carp.2. (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. Thesaurus adverse criticism animadversion aspersion bad notices bad press blameful captious captiousness cavil caviling censorious censoriousness condemnatory critical criticism cynical damnatory exception faultfinding flak hairsplitting hit home thrust hostile criticism hypercritical hypercriticalness hypercriticism imputation jawing knock nagging niggle niggling nit nit-picking objurgatory obloquy overcritical overcriticalness pestering pettifogging priggishness quibble quibbling railing rap reflection reproachful reproachfulness slam stricture swipe taking exception trichoschistic trichoschistism ultracritical upbraiding |
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