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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding, exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, overcritical, perverse, petty, picky, small
Dictionary Results for caviling:
1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or
   Cavilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] [L.
   cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla
   bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.]
   To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault
   without good reason.
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         You do not well in obstinacy
         To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caviling \Cav"il*ing\, a.
   Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See
   Captious.
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         His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis.
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