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   carping

   /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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › carpingCARPING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam ...

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   Synonyms for CARPING: critical, captious, judgmental, faultfinding, hypercritical, cavilling, particular, caviling; Antonyms of CARPING: uncritical, undiscriminating, undemanding, charitable, forgiving, unfussy, rejoicing, delighting.

   • Some common synonyms of carping are captious, censorious, critical, faultfinding, and hypercritical. While all these words mean "inclined to look f...
   • The words captious and carping are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, captious suggests a readiness to detect trivial faults or raise...
   • While the synonyms censorious and carping are close in meaning, censorious implies a disposition to be severely critical and condemnatory. // the c...
   • While in some cases nearly identical to carping, critical may also imply an effort to see a thing clearly and truly in order to judge it fairly. //...
   • In some situations, the words faultfinding and carping are roughly equivalent. However, faultfinding implies a querulous or exacting temperament. /...
   • The meanings of hypercritical and carping largely overlap; however, hypercritical suggests a tendency to judge by unreasonably strict standards. //...

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   Synonyms and antonyms of carping in English. carping. adjective. These are words and phrases related to carping. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of carping. CAPTIOUS. Synonyms. captious. nitpicking. hypercritical. faultfinding. caviling. picayune. niggling. censorious. querulous. deprecating. picky.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of carping in English. carping. adjective. These are words and phrases related to carping. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of carping. CAPTIOUS. Synonyms. captious. nitpicking. hypercritical. faultfinding. caviling. picayune. niggling. censorious. querulous. deprecating. picky.

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   • Some common synonyms of carping are captious, censorious, critical, faultfinding, and hypercritical. While all these words mean "inclined to look for and point out faults and defects," carping implies an ill-natured or perverse picking of flaws. When could captious be used to replace carping?

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   • This page shows answers to the clue 'What does the term 'carping' mean?'. Carping is defined as 'Raise trivial objections', 'Fault-finding; censorious caviling', and 'Persistent petty and unjustified criticism'. A synonym for Carping is captious. Using a synonym can be a good alternative for using ‘Carping’. You might be able to find more answers by using these definitions.

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   • Some common synonyms of carping are captious, censorious, critical, faultfinding, and hypercritical. While all these words mean "inclined to look for and point out faults and defects," carping implies an ill-natured or perverse picking of flaws.

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   Synonyms for CARPING in English: fault-finding, critical, nagging, picky, nit-picking, hard to please, cavilling, hypercritical, captious, nit-picky, …