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View usage for: carping in British English (ˈkɑːpɪŋ) adjectivetending to make petty complaints; fault-finding Derived forms carpingly (ˈcarpingly) adverb carping in American English (ˈkɑrpɪŋ) adjective tending to carp, or find fault; captious SIMILAR WORDS: ˈcritical Derived forms carpingly (ˈcarpingly) adverb Examples of 'carping' in a sentencecarping "Well you were carping about being invisible on the way up.She did not want to return to her chambers, was in no mood to put up with Blanche's carping.`Ken intends to cut clean across all your piddling bureaucratic red tape and petty carping. Synonyms of 'carping'fault-finding, critical, nagging, picky More Synonyms of carping They deserve recognition, not carping criticism. Synonyms fault-finding hard to please cavilling captious nit-picky (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition tending to make trivial criticisms Synonyms fault-finding, critical, carping, nagging, disparaging, deprecating, nit-picking (informal), censorious, cavilling, hypercriticalDefinition fault-finding or disparaging He has apologized for critical remarks he made about the referee. Synonyms disparaging, disapproving, scathing, derogatory, nit-picking (informal), censorious, cavilling, fault-finding, captious, carping, niggling, nit-picky (informal) Definition excessively critical I tend to be hypercritical of my own performance. Synonyms fault-finding, carping, fussy, niggling, censorious, finicky, cavilling, pernickety (informal), captious, overcritical, hairsplitting, overscrupulous, overexacting - carp
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