cavil

Etymology
From, from , from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬; nominal usage developed within English from the original verbal usage.

Verb

 * 1)  To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

Translations

 * Armenian: բծախնդրություն անել
 * Bulgarian: заяждам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: mít námitky, mít připomínky, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: се бу́ни, ситни́чари
 * Portuguese: chicanar, sofismar
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1) A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: пригова́рање
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: