carping 音标拼音: [k'ɑrpɪŋ]
a . 吹毛求疵的,挑毛病的
吹毛求疵的,挑毛病的
carping n 1 :
persistent petty and unjustified criticism [
synonym :
{
faultfinding }, {
carping }]
Carp \
Carp \ (
k [
aum ]
rp ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Carped }
(
k [
aum ]
rpt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Carping }.] [
OE .
carpen to say ,
speak ;
from Scand . (
cf .
Icel .
karpa to boast ),
but influenced later by L .
carpere to pluck ,
calumniate .]
1 .
To talk ;
to speak ;
to prattle . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To find fault ;
to cavil ;
to censure words or actions without reason or ill -
naturedly ; --
usually followed by at .
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1913 Webster ]
Carping and caviling at faults of manner . --
Blackw .
Mag .
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And at my actions carp or catch . --
Herbert .
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Carping \
Carp "
ing \ (
k [
aum ]
rp "[
i ^]
ng ),
a .
Fault -
finding ;
censorious caviling .
See {
Captious }. --
{
Carp "
ing *
ly },
adv .
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1913 Webster ]
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
carping ":
adverse criticism ,
animadversion ,
aspersion ,
bad notices ,
bad press ,
blameful ,
captious ,
captiousness ,
cavil ,
caviling ,
censorious ,
censoriousness ,
condemnatory ,
critical ,
criticism ,
cynical ,
damnatory ,
exception ,
faultfinding ,
flak ,
hairsplitting ,
hit ,
home thrust ,
hostile criticism ,
hypercritical ,
hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism ,
imputation ,
jawing ,
knock ,
nagging ,
niggle ,
niggling ,
nit ,
nit -
picking ,
objurgatory ,
obloquy ,
overcritical ,
overcriticalness ,
pestering ,
pettifogging ,
priggishness ,
quibble ,
quibbling ,
railing ,
rap ,
reflection ,
reproachful ,
reproachfulness ,
slam ,
stricture ,
swipe ,
taking exception ,
trichoschistic ,
trichoschistism ,
ultracritical ,
upbraiding
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CARPING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster 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 marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism… See the full definition Games; Word of the Day; Grammar; Wordplay; Slang; Rhymes; Word Finder
CARPING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary CARPING meaning: 1 the act of complaining all the time about matters that are not important: 2 A carping person… Learn more