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- Dictionarycavil/ˈkavəl/
verb
- 1. make petty or unnecessary objections: "they cavilled at the cost"
noun
- 1. a petty or unnecessary objection.
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an unreasonable complaint, especially about something that is not important: The one cavil I have about the book is that it is written as a diary. The main cavil is that the whole film goes on for too long. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of CAVIL is to raise trivial and frivolous objection. How to use cavil in a sentence. Did you know?
Cavil definition: to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about). See examples of CAVIL used in a sentence.
an unreasonable complaint, especially about something that is not important: The one cavil I have about the book is that it is written as a diary. The main cavil is that the whole movie goes on for too long. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
2 meanings: 1. to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp 2. a captious trifling objection.... Click for more definitions.
A cavil is a small or petty objection. Cavil is not a word that comes up all that often. You can replace it with the more commonly used word quibble and still have the same meaning. If you cavil over a restaurant bill, you argue about the minute, unimportant details of who owes what — like whether your portion of the bill is $10.00 or $10.17.
cavil (at something) to make unnecessary complaints about something synonym quibble. Several countries cavilled at the cost of the project.
cavil. ( ˈkævɪl) vb, -ils, -illing or -illed, -ils, -iling or -iled. ( intr; foll by at or about) to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp. n. a captious trifling objection. [C16: from Old French caviller, from Latin cavillārī to jeer, from cavilla raillery] ˈcaviller, ˈcaviler n. ˈcavilling adj.
Jun 19, 2024 · cavil (third-person singular simple present cavils, present participle (UK) cavilling or (US) caviling, simple past and past participle (UK) cavilled or (US) caviled) ( intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. Synonyms: be hypercritical, nitpick, pettifog, split hairs.
Cavil definition: To argue or find fault over trivial matters; raise petty objections.
