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What is another word for cavil?

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To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons

Stretch the truth

To complain or raise objections

To criticize or find fault with

To quibble over trivial matters

To nag persistently

To cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to

To criticize or disparage adversely

Argue about petty and trivial matters

Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof

A complaint or grievance

The state or quality of being specious

A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes

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Verb

To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons

find fault with

be hypercritical

speak out against

kick up a stink

be on at someone

inveigh against

lodge a complaint

take exception to

make a complaint

raise trivial objections

make a big thing of

make a mountain out of a molehill

make a big thing out of

make a thing of

argue over nothing

put the boot in

fulminate against

protest against

make a fuss about

raise trivial objections to

raise objections

express disapproval

make a song and dance

scream bloody murder

kick up a storm

kick up a stink about

kick up a fuss about

sound off about

bellyache about

complain vehemently about

talk under your breath

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“My only gripe, and who am I to cavil at Shakespeare, is that Pacino and Irons do such a good job that the jiggery pokery at the end about rings and sworn faithfulness seems an irritant.”

Verb

Stretch the truth

beat about the bush

be non-committal

dodge the issue

parry questions

sidestep the issue

beg the question

stretch the truth

beat around the bush

give a false colour to

fudge the issue

duck the question

pussyfoot around

evade the issue

sit on the fence

blow hot and cold

avoid the issue

give run around

straddle the fence

cloud the issue

use delaying tactics

be economical with the truth

tell a white lie

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

send on a wild goose chase

pull the wool over someone's eyes

lead up the garden path

take for a ride

depart from the truth

propagandize^US

make up a story

forswear oneself

not tell the truth

propagandise^UK

create out of thin air

tell a terminological inexactitude

bear false witness

be noncommittal

give wrong information to

kick the can down the road

pull a swifty on

give someone a bum steer

put up smoke screen

lead down the garden path

put on false front

pull a fast one on

bait and switch

shift ground about

skirt the issue

play it close to the vest

take advantage of

play for a sucker

give nothing away

hedge your bets

give the run around

straddle an issue

dodge the question

play your cards close to your chest

lead up garden path

give the wrong impression

put one over on

take one's time

be unable to decide

be unable to make up your mind

tell a falsehood

tell an untruth

concoct a story

not speak the truth

perjure oneself

say something untrue

not give a straight answer to

beat around bush

be equivocal about

be evasive about

avoid answering

find a way round

beat about the bush about

lie through one's teeth

avoid committing oneself

use Fabian tactics

play a waiting game

avoid making a decision

speak with forked tongue

tell a little white lie

pull someone's leg

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Verb

To complain or raise objections

raise objections

kick up a stink

lodge a protest

protest against

express objections

express objections to

take exception to

express disagreement

express disapproval

remonstrate against

raise objections to

lodge a protest against

be in opposition

express disapproval of

express disagreement with

take issue with

be in opposition to

have a problem with

take a stand against

draw the line at

make a fuss about

raise objection

make an objection

kick up a fuss about

kick up a stink about

speak out against

oppose strongly

make a protest to

complain vociferously about

object strongly to

express opposition

voice disapproval

inveigh against

take up the cudgels

be displeased by

stand up and be counted against

be in defiance of

not countenance

call in question

fly in the face of

struggle against

put up a fight against

set your face against

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Verb

To criticize or find fault with

remonstrate with

find fault with

give someone a bollocking

let someone have it

give a talking-to

haul over the coals

lay down the law

read the riot act

give someone a caning

rake over the coals

give someone a row

give someone a wigging

give someone some stick

take to the woodshed

give someone a mouthful

rap over the knuckles

give someone a dressing-down

give someone an earful

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

give someone a telling-off

give someone hell

tear off a strip

give someone a rating

give someone what for

send someone away with a flea in their ear

have someone on the carpet

slap someone's wrist

give the business

bite someone's head off

jump down someone's throat

lose one's temper with

give comeuppance

express disapproval of

point the finger

slap on the wrist

call to account

call on the carpet

give going-over

give piece of mind

give a going over

tell a thing or two

strongly criticize

come down hard on

rap on knuckles

throw the book at

give a piece of one's mind

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

inveigh against

vituperate against

cut to the quick

cast aspersions on

give a black eye

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Verb

To quibble over trivial matters

blow hot and cold

catch at straws

make a big thing about

put up an argument

find fault with

raise trivial objections

argue over nothing

raise trivial objections to

be hypercritical

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Verb

To nag persistently

give a hard time

be on your back

find fault with

keep complaining to

search high heaven

be on one's case

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

bust someone's balls

get on someone's back

drive up the wall

give someone grief

get on your nerves

get in your hair

drive round the bend

make things hot for someone

discriminate against

give a bad time

rub up the wrong way

punish unfairly

be a nuisance to

drive round the twist

give the business

get on your wick

make somebody's hackles rise

weigh heavily on

cause suffering to

make it hot for someone

give someone the hump

make someone see red

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

get your back up

get under your skin

give someone hell

breath down someone's neck

inflict suffering on

inflict pain on

rattle one's cage

try your patience

ruffle one's feathers

get your dander up

make your blood boil

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get up someone's nose

get your hackles up

take the mickey

get on the nerves of

be on the back of

take the piss out of

get on one's nerves

drive you up the wall

get in the hair of

have your knife into

get the knife into

stick the knife into

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

put pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

be in someone's hair

shout catcalls at

put the screws on

use strong-arm tactics on

show antagonism to

be prejudiced against

come back to haunt

be a weight on one's mind

weigh heavily on one's mind

take advantage of

put your back up

feel ill will towards

bear a grudge towards

show ill will towards

cause anguish to

put the squeeze on

arouse anxiety in

throw off balance

make it tough for

jump on one's case

give the needle

get on someone's case

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Verb

To cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to

be on your back

rub up the wrong way

prey on your mind

get on your nerves

drive up the wall

weigh heavily on

get under your skin

cause anxiety to

get in your hair

get your back up

make uncomfortable

get across someone

rub the wrong way

give a hard time

cause discomfort to

cause concern to

weigh heavily on someone's mind

give someone the hump

get on one's nerves

be a great weight on

run up the wrong way

work into lather

try your patience

send into a rage

take a rise out of

make your blood boil

put your back up

raise your hackles

get a rise out of

hit where one lives

be a weight on someone's mind

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

lie heavy on someone's mind

give a bad time

weigh heavy on someone's mind

give someone grief

kick up a stink

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

throw into a tizz

throw off balance

put into a flap

put someone off their stroke

throw into tizzy

cause suffering to

cut to the quick

drive round the bend

hurt somebody's feelings

make someone see red

drive round the twist

cause trouble to

cause anguish to

get on your wick

inflict anguish on

be a nuisance to

bend someone's ear

drive to distraction

take control of

be on one's case

give someone the pip

give the business

breathe down someone's neck

weigh heavily on one's mind

give offence to

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

put pressure on

get your dander up

drive you up the wall

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

be on the back of

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

cause disquiet to

be in someone's way

give someone hell

breath down someone's neck

be the victim of

come back to haunt

be a weight on one's mind

break one's heart

rub you up the wrong way

push someon's buttons

put into a funk

put a damper on

break the heart of

cause suffering

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

get on someone's back

dash the hopes of

be afflicted with

be plagued with

rattle someone's cage

hit a sour note

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

search high heaven

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get your hackles up

put the squeeze on

be blighted with

be burdened with

be bedevilled by

jump on one's case

bring pressure to bear on

make despondent

cause someone distress

do someone's head in

be in someone's hair

give the needle

make someone fed up

mess with someone's head

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

get the knife into

stick the knife into

have had enough

try the patience of

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

take the heart out of

make severe demands on

put a strain on

make demands on

cause discomfort

hurt the feelings of

take advantage of

push to the limit

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

twist someone's arm

put the heat on

put the screws on

have someone do something

use strong-arm tactics on

go against the grain

be injurious to

cause illness to

have an adverse effect on

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Verb

To criticize or disparage adversely

find fault with

cast aspersions on

throw brickbats at

give a bad press to

give something a battering

fulminate against

remonstrate with

haul over the coals

give someone hell

give someone a roasting

give someone a bad press

read the riot act

give someone a rollicking

tear off a strip

give someone a bollocking

slap on the wrist

rap over the knuckles

tear a strip off

inveigh against

do a hatchet job on

drag through the mud

vituperate against

give a bad name

bring into disrepute

give some stick to

give a black eye

drag through the mire

bring discredit to

rip up and down

reflect badly on

bring shame upon

tar and feather

spread scandal about

run smear campaign

blacken the name of

criticize severely

take exception to

cut down to size

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

pass strictures upon

give something a bad press

go for the jugular

take down a peg

blacken the reputation of

bellyache about

give someone bondi

look askance at

conduct a smear campaign against

sound off about

poke mullock at

let someone have it

cock a snook at

give a talking-to

take the piss out of

blacken the character of

take the mickey

give someone a dressing-down

take a swipe at

jump down one's throat

look down one's nose at

take issue with

cut to the quick

give a rough time

find unacceptable

come down hard on

assault verbally

bring under fire

criticize harshly

criticize strongly

review unfavorably

rake over the coals

give a tongue-lashing

lay down the law

jump down someone's throat

hold forth against

show someone up

think little of

protest against

blacken someone's reputation

animadvert upon

drag through mud

drag someone's name through the mud

declaim against

jump on one's case

bite someone's head off

snap someone's head off

throw stones at

criticize unfairly

treat contemptuously

take a dim view of

call to account

hold accountable

hold someone to blame

hold responsible

expose to ridicule

hold up to shame

take dim view of

be scornful about

give the business

tell lies about

give someone a caning

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

give someone an earful

give someone a row

give someone a rating

run a smear campaign against

express disapprobation

express disapprobation of

be in opposition to

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be hostile towards

bite one's thumb at

hold up to ridicule

treat with contempt

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

lay at one's door

send up the river

shout disapproval

shoot full of holes

blow raspberries

shout disapproval at

blow raspberries at

give the Bronx cheer to

give a hard time

laugh out of court

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Verb

Argue about petty and trivial matters

have a disagreement

fight like cat and dog

go at it hammer and tongs

have a misunderstanding

be at loggerheads

be at each other's throats

protest against

have an argument

be at sixes and sevens

engage in conflict

come into conflict

engage in hostilities

not see eye to eye

be in opposition

have an altercation

raise your fists

get into conflict

be in contention

put up an argument

have shouting match

make a big thing about

get into a dispute

have a difference of opinion

go for each other

take exception to

call into question

be at daggers with

call on the carpet

be at daggers drawn

come to blows with

exchange blows with

pick an argument

differ in opinion

be of a different opinion

be incompatible

have a different opinion

mount an attack

have a punch-up

get in one's face

put up a struggle

have at each other

jump on one's case

bat back and forth

jump on each other

come up against

become involved

have a squabble

take the field against

campaign against

engage in combat

carry on hostilities

let someone have it

rip into each other

take issue with

contradict each other

go for the jugular

have a slanging match

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Verb

Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

hammer out a deal

drive a hard bargain

work out a deal

transact business

hammer out deal

knock down price

make arrangements

have transactions

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Noun

Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof

dissatisfaction

counter-argument

statement of opposition

formal complaint

taking exception

difficulty with

argument against

howls of protest

civil disobedience

howl of protest

chorus of disapproval

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Noun

A complaint or grievance

dissatisfaction

trivial complaint

minor criticism

trivial objection

adverse comment

statement of dissatisfaction

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Noun

The state or quality of being specious

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

mistaken belief

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

misunderstanding

false impression

incomprehension

unfounded belief

irrational belief

specious reasoning

old wivesʼ tale

erroneous belief

misrepresentation

misappreciation

miscommunication

wrong end of the stick

false interpretation

use of fallacious arguments

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

overgeneral reasoning

fallacious argument

subtle argument

trumped-up story

alternative fact

figment of the imagination

cock and bull story

fictitious story

deceptive appearance

false appearance

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Noun

A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes

verbal disapproval

critical remark

character assassination

underestimation

dissatisfaction

stigmatization^US

mocking comment

stigmatisation^UK

backhanded compliment

source of discredit

harsh criticism

critical remarks

scandalmongering

rumourmongering^UK

rumormongering^US

malicious gossip

defamation of character

finger-pointing

bill of indictment

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