English-Thai Dictionary

cavil

VI หา ข้อผิดพลาด เล็กๆ  น้อยๆ  พยายาม จับผิด  carp quibble ha-kor-pid-plad-lek-lek-noi-noi

 

cavil at

PHRV ตำหนิ ใน เรื่อง  ติ  ติเตียน  carp at tam-ni-nai-rueang

 

caviling

ADJ ที่ หา ข้อผิดพลาด  ที่ พยายาม จับผิด  ti-ha-kor-pid-plad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAVIL

v.i. 1. To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason; followed by at.
It is better to reason than to cavil.
2. To advance futile objections, or to frame sophisms, for the sake of victory in an argument.

 

CAVIL

v.t.To receive or treat with objections. Wilt thou enjoy the good. Then civil the conditions.

 

CAVIL

n.False or frivolous objections; also, a fallacious kind of reason, bearing some resemblance to truth, advanced for the sake of victory.

 

CAVILER

n.One who cavils; one who is apt to raise captious objections; a captious disputant.

 

CAVILING

ppr. Raising frivolous objections.

 

CAVILINGLY

adv. In a caviling manner.

 

CAVILLATION

n.The act or practice of caviling, or raising frivolous objections.

 

CAVILOUS

a.Captious; unfair in argument; apt to object without good reason.

 

CAVILOUSLY

adv. In a cavilous manner; captiously.

 

CAVILOUSNESS

n.Captiousness; disposition or aptitude to raise frivolous objections.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAVIL

Cav "il, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled (; p. pr. & vb. n.Caviling or Cavilling.] Etym: [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.]

 

Defn: To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.

 

CAVIL

CAVIL Cav "il, v. t.

 

Defn: To cavil at. [Obs. ] Milton.

 

CAVIL

CAVIL Cav "il, n.

 

Defn: A captious or frivolous objection. All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.

 

CAVIL; CAVILER; CAVILLER

CAVIL; CAVILER; CAVILLER Cav "il or Cav "il *er, n.

 

Defn: One who cavils. Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.

 

CAVILING

CAVILING Cav "il *ing, a.

 

Defn: Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.

 

CAVILINGLY

CAVILINGLY Cav "il *ing *ly, adb.

 

Defn: In a caviling manner.

 

CAVILLATION

CAVILLATION Cav `il *la "tion, n.Etym: [F. cavillation, L. cavillatio.]

 

Defn: Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs. ] Hooker.

 

CAVILOUS; CAVILLOUS

Cav "il *ous or Cav "il *lous, a. Etym: [L. cavillosus.]

 

Defn: Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- Cav "il *ous *ly, adv. [R.] -- Cav "il *ous *ness, n. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cavil

cav il |ˈkavəl ˈkævəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] make petty or unnecessary objections: they caviled at the cost. ▶noun an objection of this kind. DERIVATIVES cav il er noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French caviller, from Latin cavillari, from cavilla ‘mockery. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

cavil

cavil |ˈkav (ə )l | ▶verb ( cavils, cavilling, cavilled; US cavils, caviling, caviled ) [ no obj. ] make petty or unnecessary objections: they cavilled at the cost. ▶noun a petty or unnecessary objection. DERIVATIVES caviller noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French caviller, from Latin cavillari, from cavilla ‘mockery ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cavil

cavil verb he caviled at the cost. See carp.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cavil

cavil verb they cavilled at the cost: complain, carp, grumble, moan, grouse, grouch, whine, bleat, find fault with, quibble about, niggle about; criticize, censure, denounce, condemn, decry; informal gripe, beef, bellyache, bitch, whinge, nitpick, pick holes in, split hairs, sound off, kick up a fuss, knock; Brit. informal chunter, create; N. English informal mither; N. Amer. informal kvetch about.

 

Spanish Dictionary

cavilación

cavilación nombre femenino Reflexión profunda y minuciosa :ella se sumergía en cavilaciones y cálculos .

 

cavilar

cavilar verbo intransitivo /verbo transitivo Reflexionar con preocupación e insistencia o de forma profunda y minuciosa sobre algo :tanto cavilar para nada; déjate de cavilar, no imagines tales cosas, tranquilízate; subimos al invernadero para cavilar sobre qué podríamos pedirle a mamá que pintara en aquella tablita preciosa .

 

caviloso, -sa

caviloso, -sa adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que tiende a cavilar excesivamente en las cosas o a preocuparse en exceso :estaba en pie, pero seguía sin moverse, al parecer, muy caviloso y triste .2 Que denota o implica cavilación :publicó cavilosas reflexiones sobre la redención de las provincias .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cavil

cav il /kǽv (ə )l /動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟英 ｠～led ; ～ing , ｟英 ｠～ling 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠ «…の » あら探しをする ; «…に » 難癖をつける «at , about » (!受け身にしない ) .名詞 C あら探し .