Download the app
educalingo
cavil
" Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court."
William Wycherley

Meaning of "cavil" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAVIL

From Old French caviller, from Latin cavillārī to jeer, from cavilla raillery.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAVIL

ˈkævɪl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAVIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cavil is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cavil in English.

WHAT DOES CAVIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cavil in the English dictionary

The definition of cavil in the dictionary is to raise annoying petty objections; quibble; carp. Other definition of cavil is a captious trifling objection.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAVIL

PRESENT

Present
I cavil
you cavil
he/she/it cavils
we cavil
you cavil
they cavil
Present continuous
I am caviling
you are caviling
he/she/it is caviling
we are caviling
you are caviling
they are caviling
Present perfect
I have caviled
you have caviled
he/she/it has caviled
we have caviled
you have caviled
they have caviled
Present perfect continuous
I have been caviling
you have been caviling
he/she/it has been caviling
we have been caviling
you have been caviling
they have been caviling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I caviled
you caviled
he/she/it caviled
we caviled
you caviled
they caviled
Past continuous
I was caviling
you were caviling
he/she/it was caviling
we were caviling
you were caviling
they were caviling
Past perfect
I had caviled
you had caviled
he/she/it had caviled
we had caviled
you had caviled
they had caviled
Past perfect continuous
I had been caviling
you had been caviling
he/she/it had been caviling
we had been caviling
you had been caviling
they had been caviling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cavil
you will cavil
he/she/it will cavil
we will cavil
you will cavil
they will cavil
Future continuous
I will be caviling
you will be caviling
he/she/it will be caviling
we will be caviling
you will be caviling
they will be caviling
Future perfect
I will have caviled
you will have caviled
he/she/it will have caviled
we will have caviled
you will have caviled
they will have caviled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been caviling
you will have been caviling
he/she/it will have been caviling
we will have been caviling
you will have been caviling
they will have been caviling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cavil
you would cavil
he/she/it would cavil
we would cavil
you would cavil
they would cavil
Conditional continuous
I would be caviling
you would be caviling
he/she/it would be caviling
we would be caviling
you would be caviling
they would be caviling
Conditional perfect
I would have cavil
you would have cavil
he/she/it would have cavil
we would have cavil
you would have cavil
they would have cavil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been caviling
you would have been caviling
he/she/it would have been caviling
we would have been caviling
you would have been caviling
they would have been caviling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cavil
we let´s cavil
you cavil
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cavil
Past participle
caviled
Present Participle
caviling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAVIL

anvil · Baskerville · Evansville · Granville · Grenville · Huntsville · Jacksonville · Knoxville · Louisville · Mandeville · Melville · Nashville · Oakville · outcavil · Seville · Somerville · Townsville · vaudeville · vill · Woodville

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAVIL

caviar · caviare · cavicorn · cavie · cavies · caviler · cavillation · cavilled · caviller · cavilling · caving · caving-in · cavitary · cavitate · cavitation · Cavite · cavities · cavity · cavity block · cavity resonator

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAVIL

axis of evil · bedevil · boll weevil · chervil · civil · daredevil · devil · dust devil · evil · go to the devil · king´s evil · like the devil · raise the devil · she-devil · Tasmanian devil · the king´s evil · the very devil · tree of knowledge of good and evil · uncivil · weevil

Synonyms and antonyms of cavil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAVIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cavil» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «cavil» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAVIL

Find out the translation of cavil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cavil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cavil» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

吹毛求疵
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cavil
570 millions of speakers
en

English

cavil
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

झूठा इलज़ाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إعتراض تافه
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

придирка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cavil
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

খুঁতখুঁত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

chicaner
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cavil
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

kritteln
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

難癖をつける
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

트집
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cavil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cải bướng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அற்பமான ஆட்சேபனை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्र
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şikâyetçi olmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cavillare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

cavil
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

причіпка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cicăleală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεμψιμοιρώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vitten
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cavil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cavil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cavil

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVIL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of cavil
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cavil».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cavil

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «CAVIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cavil.
1
William Wycherley
Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAVIL»

Discover the use of cavil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cavil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great ...
Warwick, his wife Johanna, only da. and h. of nthony Bosvile, esq., h. of sir Thomas Bosvile, knt., and of Catherine his wife, aole da. and h. of John dc Cavil.) by which marriage the Moncktons acquired the lord- ship of Cavil, which, after a lapse ...
William Courthope, 1838
2
Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. [Another]
Warwick, (by his wife Johanna, only da. and h. of Anthony Bosvile, esq., h. of sir Thomas Bosvile, knt., and of Catherine his wife, sole da. and h. of John de Cavil), by which marriage the Monck- tons acquired the lordship of Cavil, which, after a ...
John Debrett, 1828
3
Trail of Time
Vahlaria and Annaya then vanished within a shimmer. Suddenly, Ramsey and Cavil could hear the engine roar of the C-54 transport coming in for a landing. “ Sir...that's got to be the transport,” Cavil concluded in an almost desperate voice.
Steven P. Love
4
The Theology of Battlestar Galactica: American Christianity ...
Repeatedly, from Brother Cavil to Caprica Six to Virtual Six, the Cylons assert that they, not humans, are the chosen of God. They acknowledge that humanity once held a place in God's love, but that the Cylons have replaced them. The Cylons ...
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., 2012
5
The parvenu; or, Lost and won, a comedy
Cavil. I don't know that. Countess. Aye ? And to whose share then do you suppose she is to fall ? Cavil. The Lion's share. Countess. Eh? Miss Fisher. The Lion's share. Countess. The Lion ! And who is the Lion ? Cavil. Morbid— the rage of the ...
Parvenu, 1840
6
John Cavil
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
7
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
See Axayacatl. f CAVIDOS. See Caeidos. r * CAVIER. n.yi A corruption of caviare. See Catsup. (1.) * CAVIL, n.s. [from the verb.] False or frivolous objections.— Wiser men consider how subject the best things have been unto cavil, when wits,  ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
8
Annals of Aberdeen, from the Reign of King William the Lion, ...
... required Jafi'ray to come and cavil with them for his part of the said fishing, which be having refused to do, they had caused fairly and truly cavil the same by two notable cavillers, chosen by them ,- for the one cavil, Duncan Philp, and David ...
William Kennedy (advocate, Aberdeen.), 1818
9
Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and ...
From this Simon descended lineally, Robert Monckton, Esq., who became possessed of the lordship of Cavil, co. York, in 1454, by intermarriage with (the great-great -granddau. of Sir John Cavil, Knt. of Cavil) Eleanor, eldest dau. and co heir of ...
Bernard Burke, 1865
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
CAVIL, n. s. [from the verb.] False or degree of dirtiness in its little apartment; and frivolous objections. — Wiser men consider how M-£en about lo void its txerements, always retires subject the best things have been unto cavil, when to the most ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAVIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cavil is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Senate challenges SC on LG polls in capital
“I've no cavil with this proposition, but the command of the constitution cannot be carried out and or implemented in a legal vacuum,” he said. «The Nation, Jul 15»
2
Henry Cavill Spotted At Groove Fesitval
Yes, we know we've put this is the 'Spotted In Dublin' category, but Bray is just a stones throw away, and we're all friends here...right? «98FM, Jul 15»
3
Jim Webb Writes His Own Books
One might cavil at portions of Webb's third novel, A Country Such As This. The cultural detail, though lush and resonant, clunks now and then ... «American Spectator, Jul 15»
4
Colour fastness
... unhappy" unless he was leading a "global union of coloured peoples", the implied description of India would have raised no cavil. «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
With Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams, This 'Happy Days' Has You …
That might sound like a critic's cavil, but in Beckett's dramas, every detail suggests values. Beckett notoriously situates the action in a giant ... «Village Voice, Jun 15»
6
'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice' Trailer & Plot: Ben Affleck …
In a separate report from CINEMABLEND, Superman (Henry Cavil) has been a controversial figure following the events in "Man of Steel. «Parent Herald, Jun 15»
7
Classic match report - Wolves v Leeds
Yet I wonder if there was anybody in that huge, tense crowd who would have found it in his heart to cavil if Leeds had saved the point they ... «expressandstar.com, Jun 15»
8
Wanna know what kind of Flash Ezra Miller will be in the Justice …
... cocky, somewhat arrogant superhero among the titans of Ben Affleck's Batman, Jason Momoa's Aquaman and Henry Cavil's Superman. «moviepilot.com, Jun 15»
9
Humans may face a singular concern when it comes to robot …
Torobo-kun, beyond cavil, is a cute little devil and certainly no fool — it can pass entrance exams to 80 percent of Japan's private universities. «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
10
Private self-financing engineering colleges cut fee by 50% to survive …
KOCHI: Those who cavil against the glut of private self-financing engineering colleges in the Kerala - 157, at the last count - should welcome ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cavil [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cavil>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN