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- Dictionarycarping/ˈkɑːpɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. continually complaining or finding fault about trivial matters; difficult to please: "she has silenced the carping critics with a successful debut tour"
noun
- 1. continual complaining or finding fault about trivial matters: "he did not enjoy the constant carping of reviewers"
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CARPING definition: 1. the act of complaining all the time about matters that are not important: 2. A carping person…. Learn more.
The meaning of CARPING is marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism. How to use carping in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Carping.
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.
CARPING meaning: 1. the act of complaining all the time about matters that are not important: 2. A carping person…. Learn more.
Tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Carping definition: characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous. See examples of CARPING used in a sentence.
Define carping. carping synonyms, carping pronunciation, carping translation, English dictionary definition of carping. adj. Naggingly critical or complaining. carp′ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Noun. Filter. adjective. Tending to carp, or find fault; captious. Webster's New World. Naggingly critical or complaining. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: overcritical. hypercritical. captious. faultfinding. critical. censorious. verb. Present participle of carp. Wiktionary. Synonyms: criticizing. nagging. cavilling. censoring.
Carping definition: characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous. See examples of CARPING used in a sentence.
to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors. n. a peevish complaint. Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle. Middle English carpen to speak, prate 1200–50. carp′er, n. 1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
