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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
carping
    n 1: persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn:
         faultfinding, carping]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Carp \Carp\ (k[aum]rp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped
   (k[aum]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] [OE. carpen to say,
   speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced
   later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]
   1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
      without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
      at.
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            Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw.
                                                  Mag.
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            And at my actions carp or catch.      --Herbert.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Carping \Carp"ing\ (k[aum]rp"[i^]ng), a.
   Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. --
   Carp"ing*ly, adv.
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Thesaurus Results for carping:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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