cavilverb [ I ]
uk/ˈkæv.əl/us/ˈkæv.əl/-ll- or US usually -l- formalto make unreasonable complaints, especially about things that are not important
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bleat
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
- whinger
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cavil
noun [ C ] ukus
The one cavil I have about the book is that it is written as a diary.