Carping

[Carp·ing]

Carping is petty and unjustified criticism that just won’t stop. People who find fault with you at every turn, who appreciate nothing and complain, complain, complain, are carping. Enough already!

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Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

Noun
persistent petty and unjustified criticism

Adjective S.
quibbling over insignificant details; "caviling pettifoggers and quiggling pleaders"-Edmund Burke; "her nagging and carping attack"; "thought her editor unnecessarily nitpicking"; "a pettifogging lawyer''s mind"; "had no patience with quibbling critics"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Carp

a.
Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.


Carping

Carp"ing , a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- Carp"ing*ly, adv.

Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

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