carping

Plural: carpings

Noun

• The act of finding fault or complaining persistently.
• persistent petty and unjustified criticism
• Excessive complaining.

Verb

• raise trivial objections
• present participle and gerund of carp

Adj

• complaining excessively.

Examples

• All the CARPING about the tile distribution distracted him from making a strategic play.

Synonyms

carp, cavil, chicane, faultfinding

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