carping
characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous: carping criticism.
petty faultfinding.
Origin of carping
1Other words from carping
- carp·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby carping
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How to use carping in a sentence
“All he gets from Congress is negativism and carping,” says Dallek.
He was no carping presence, talking about how things were done in his day.
Earl Weaver, Baseball’s Brilliant Antagonist, Dies | Tim Marchman | January 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe video carping about government moochers may well have sealed it.
GOP Civil War Is Coming as Mitt Romney Campaign Flails in Video’s Wake | Robert Shrum | September 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThree months ago, what was on display was the well-developed British talent for carping, sneering, and nitpicking.
The constant carping that Roberts has been placing his thumb on the scale of justice “must bother him,” says Lithwick.
John Roberts Upholds Obamacare and Rises Above Partisanship | Howard Kurtz | June 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But he was quite right in carping at her, for fortune, like other fickle jades, is more likely to be true if steadily abused.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAnd to the author of the play it seems as though every person in that audience is a carping critic!
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonHis patience had been worn threadbare by much carping and criticism, and he answered her letter in that given below.
The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 | Duke of Wellington"You don't know what is polite," cried Eva, greatly shocked at this carping spirit in the presence of a hard-worked host.
Americans All | VariousI had learned to walk unruffled in the face of the most carping, suspicious and the fishiest of these batteries.
Wisconsin in Story and Song; | Various
British Dictionary definitions for carping
/ (ˈkɑːpɪŋ) /
tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
Derived forms of carping
- carpingly, adverb
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