cavilling
معنی فارسی
عيب جويانه مبني برخرده گيري
ریشه و کاربرد
The act of raising trivial and unnecessary objections or criticisms; faultfinding.
ریشه
From the Middle English word 'cavilen', meaning 'to raise trivial objections', which is derived from the Old French word 'caviller', meaning 'to mock' or 'to quibble'.
مثال
- Her constant cavilling made it difficult to have a productive discussion.
- The cavilling of the opposition party delayed the decision-making process.
- I'm tired of your constant cavilling; let's focus on finding solutions.
ترکیبهای رایج
Persistent cavilling Relentless cavilling Endless cavilling
مترادفها
adjective
1. Captious, censorious, carping, critical, hypercritical, disposed to cavil, given to fault finding.
2. Specious, sophistical, plausible, tricky.