cavil
n . 无端的指责,挑剔
vi .
vt . 吹毛求疵
无端的指责,挑剔吹毛求疵
cavil n 1 :
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections [
synonym : {
quibble },
{
quiddity }, {
cavil }]
v 1 :
raise trivial objections [
synonym : {
cavil }, {
carp }, {
chicane }]
Kevel \
Kev "
el \,
n . [
Prov .
E .
kevil ,
cavel ,
rod ,
pole ,
a large hammer ,
horse '
s bit ;
cf .
Icel .
kefli cylinder ,
a stick ,
mangle ,
and Dan .
kievle a roller .]
1 . (
Naut .)
A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed .
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2 .
A stone mason '
s hammer . [
Written also {
cavil }.]
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{
Kevel head } (
Naut .),
a projecting end of a timber ,
used as a kevel .
Kevel
Cavil \
Cav "
il \ (
k [
a ^]
v "[
i ^]
l ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Caviled }
or {
Cavilled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Caviling }
or {
Cavilling }.] [
L .
cavillari to practice jesting ,
to censure ,
fr .
cavilla bantering jests ,
sophistry :
cf .
OF .
caviller .]
To raise captious and frivolous objections ;
to find fault without good reason .
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You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract . --
Shak .
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Cavil \
Cav "
il \,
v .
t .
To cavil at . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
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Cavil \
Cav "
il \,
n .
A captious or frivolous objection .
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All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief . --
Shak .
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Caviler 117 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cavil ":
adverse criticism ,
animadversion ,
argue ,
argufy ,
around the bush ,
aspersion ,
bad notices ,
bad press ,
bandy words ,
beat about ,
beg the question ,
bicker ,
boggle ,
captiousness ,
carp ,
carping ,
catch at straws ,
caviling ,
censoriousness ,
censure ,
chicane ,
choplogic ,
complain ,
complaint ,
contend ,
contest ,
criticism ,
criticize ,
cross swords ,
cut and thrust ,
cut up ,
demur ,
discept ,
dispute ,
dodge ,
equivocate ,
evade ,
evade the issue ,
exception ,
fault -
find ,
faultfinding ,
fence ,
find fault ,
flak ,
give and take ,
hairsplitting ,
hassle ,
have it out ,
hedge ,
hit ,
home thrust ,
hostile criticism ,
hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism ,
imputation ,
jesuitism ,
join issue ,
knock ,
lock horns ,
logomachize ,
moot ,
mystify ,
nagging ,
niggle ,
niggling ,
nit ,
nit -
picking ,
nitpick ,
object ,
obloquy ,
obscure ,
overcriticalness ,
palter ,
parry ,
pestering ,
pettifog ,
pettifogging ,
pick holes ,
pick nits ,
pick to pieces ,
plead ,
polemicize ,
polemize ,
prevaricate ,
priggishness ,
pull apart ,
pull to pieces ,
pussyfoot ,
quibble ,
quibbling ,
quiddity ,
quillet ,
quip ,
quirk ,
quodlibet ,
rap ,
reflection ,
reproachfulness ,
shift ,
shuffle ,
shy ,
sidestep ,
slam ,
spar ,
split hairs ,
stricture ,
swipe ,
take exception ,
take sides ,
taking exception ,
tear apart ,
tear to pieces ,
tergiversate ,
thrash out ,
trichoschistism ,
try conclusions ,
wrangle CAVIL .
Sophism ,
subtlety .
Cavilis a captious argument ,
by which a conclusion evidently false ,
is drawn from a principle evidently true :
Ea est natura cavillationis ut ab evidenter veris ,
per brevissimas mutationes disputatio ,
ad ea quce evidentur falsa sunt perducatur .
Dig .
60 ,
16 ,
177 et 233 ;
Id .
17 ,
65 ;
Id .
33 ,
2 ,
88 .
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