What is another word for caviling?

“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.”

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Present participle for stretch the truth

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

vacillating

beating about the bush

sidestepping the issue

beating around the bush

giving a false colour to

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

cavilling^UK

balking^US

baulking^UK

using delaying tactics

avoiding committing oneself

playing a waiting game

avoiding making a decision

taking your time

using Fabian tactics

kicking the can down the road

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Present participle for to complain or raise objections

baulking^UK

balking^US

expressing objections

expressing disapproval

taking exception to

expressing objections to

expressing disagreement

lodging a protest against

expressing disapproval of

arguing against

raising objections to

expressing disagreement with

remonstrating against

having a problem with

drawing the line

grousing about

complaining about

taking a stand against

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

kicking up a fuss about

making an objection

making a stink

kicking up a stink about

cavilling^UK

taking something amiss

smarting

taking something the wrong way

objecting strongly to

complaining vociferously about

expressing opposition

taking up the cudgels

having a poor opinion of

looking down your nose at

expressing a poor opinion of

not holding with

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Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

giving someone a bollocking

lacing to

letting someone have it

hauling over the coals

giving someone a caning

raking over the coals

giving someone a wigging

giving someone some stick

going on at

taking someone to task

taking to task

taking to the woodshed

bringing someone to book

giving someone a mouthful

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rocket

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone hell

putting on the mat

tearing off a strip

giving someone a rating

giving someone what for

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

having someone on the carpet

pummelling^UK

dishonoring^US

rapping someone over the knuckles

expressing disapproval of

calling to task

pointing the finger at

throwing brickbats at

talking something down

giving something a battering

casting aspersions on

giving a bad press to

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

giving someone a bad press

cavilling^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

giving a piece of one's mind

dragging through the mire

dragging through the mud

calling to account

befouling

bringing into disrepute

bringing discredit to

calling on the carpet

reflecting badly on

jumping down one's throat

belaboring^US

doing a hatchet job on

belabouring^UK

running smear campaign

tarring and feathering

flinging mud at

spreading scandal about

slapping someone on the wrist

penalizing^US

penalising^UK

telling a thing or two

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

tearing down

coming down on like a ton of bricks

pointing the finger

hanging something on

pointing finger at

giving something a bad press

reprimanding severely

counseling^US

counselling^UK

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

passing strictures upon

rapping someone the knuckles

barking at

beating up on

crying down

giving a tongue-lashing

giving somebody a piece of one's mind

giving tongue-lashing

giving someone a telling off

giving someone a dressing down

tearing someone a new one

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

fustigating

calling over the coals

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

criticizing hatefully

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

holding someone responsible

holding someone to blame

complaining to

deflating

browbeating

dragging someone's name through the mud

taking somebody to task

meting out punishment to

gluing^US

glueing^UK

teaching someone a lesson

dragging over the coals

sending someone away with a flea in his

running something down

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

sending up the river

expressing disapprobation of

bringing charges against

tearing to shreds

diminishing

devaluing

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

going for the jugular

biting someone's head off

showing in a bad light

taking rug out from under

puncturing

knocking bottom out of

reflecting on

putting in a bad light

bringing to naught

destroying

exposing

bringing into disfavour

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

calling someone names

making someone feel ashamed

making uncomfortable

making someone eat crow

filing charges against

expressing a poor opinion of

making accusations about

prosecuting for

preferring charges against

bringing to trial for

laying charges against

objecting

arresting

putting on trial for

remonstrating against

raising an

having a poor opinion of

having a down on

not holding with

taking dim view of

having a problem with

taking a dim view of

looking down on

passing on

looking down your nose at

assigning liability to

finding guilty of

laying a bad trip on

considering guilty of

assigning guilt to

passing the buck

laying a guilt trip on

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Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters

Verb

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Present participle for show unnecessary or excessive concern about something

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Present participle for to nag persistently

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Present participle for cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety

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Present participle for argue about petty and trivial matters

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

having a disagreement

fighting like cat and dog

going at it hammer and tongs

having a misunderstanding

cavilling^UK

dueling^US

duelling^UK

engaging in hostilities

having a scrap

fencing

boxing

having an altercation

getting into conflict

fratching

having shouting match

calling into question

cutting and thrusting

demurring

having a difference of opinion

getting into a dispute

calling on the carpet

exchanging blows with

fighting like Kilkenny cats

jumping on one's case

kicking around

batting around or back and forth

putting up a struggle

having at each other

getting in one's face

jumping on each other

taking the field

carrying on hostilities

joining battle

engaging in combat

taking the field against

skirmishing with

marching against

conducting a war

having a slanging match

going for the jugular

letting have it

ripping into each other

contradicting each other

hemming and hawing

making a big thing about

putting up an argument

rivalling^UK

rivaling^US

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Verb

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Present participle for dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

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