- cavil⇄cavil, verb, -iled,-ilingor (especially British)-illed,-illing,noun.
- cavil⇄noun caviler, caviller.
- cavil⇄noun 1. a trivial objection; petty criticism.
Ex. I must add one cavil: the pot is an eyesore (New Yorker).
2. the raising of trivial objections; caviling.
Ex. His measures were sure to be the subject of perpetual cavil (John L. Motley - cavil⇄v.i. to find fault without good reason; raise trivial objections; carp.
Ex. He cavils about the minor points in the rules of the game. Those who do not value Christianity ... cavil about sects and schisms (Daniel Webster).
(SYN) criticize. - cavil⇄v.t. to find fault with without good reason; raise trivial objections about; carp at.
Ex. There are men whose intellectual pride cavils and perverts ... every truth of the revelation of God (H. E. Manning).