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Showing words for CAVILING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Caviling

caviling

7 Letter Words for Caviling

alginic, calving, vailing, vialing, vicinal

6 Letter Words for Caviling

ailing, angili, anilic, calvin, caving, clinia, clivia, incavi, lacing, laving, living, nilgai, vicing

5 Letter Words for Caviling

acing, acini, algic, algin, align, anvil, calin, canli, cavil, cavin, cilia, civil, clang, clavi, cling, gilia, givin, icing, iliac, inial, langi, lavic, liang, ligan, linac, linga, navig, nival, vicia, vigia, vigil, vigna, vilna, vinal, vinca, vinci, vinic

4 Letter Words for Caviling

agin, agni, alii, alin, anil, cain, cang, clag, clan, clin, cliv, gail, gain, gali, galv, gila, glia, ilia, inca, incl, inga, inia, ivin, laic, lain, lang, liin, lina, ling, nagi, naig, nail, navi, ngai, vagi, vail, vain, vali, vang, vial, vica, viga, vila, vina

3 Letter Words for Caviling

ail, ain, alc, alg, aln, anc, avg, avn, cag, cai, cal, can, cav, cia, cig, civ, cli, cva, gal, gan, gin, ign, inc, ing, inv, iva, lac, lag, lai, lan, lav, lca, lig, lin, nag, nav, nig, nil, vac, vag, val, van, via, vic, vig, vii, vil, vin

Definitions for Caviling

[1] to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about ): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
[2] to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda.
[3] a trivial and annoying objection.
[4] the raising of such objections.
[5] (intr; foll by at or about) to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp
[6] a captious trifling objection

Words related to Caviling

cavilcarp, criticize

Words nearby Caviling

cavilcavesson, cavetto, caviar, cavicorn, cavie, cavil, cavill, caving, cavitary, cavitation, cavite

Origin of Caviling

1540–50; < Latin cavillārī to jeer, scoff, quibble, verbal derivative of cavilla jesting, banter

Other words from Caviling

cav·il·er ; especially British , cav·il·ler , noun
cav·il·ing·ly ; especially British , cav·il·ling·ly , adverb
out·cav·il , verb (used with object), out·cav·iled, out·cav·il·ing or (especially British ) out·cav·illed, out·cav·il·ling.
un·cav·il·ing , adjective
un·cav·il·ling , adjective

Word origin for Caviling

C16: from Old French caviller, from Latin cavillārī to jeer, from cavilla raillery

Synonyms for Caviling

carp, criticize, find fault