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Meaning of "cavilling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAVILLING

cavilling  [ˈkævɪlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAVILLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cavilling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CAVILLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cavilling in the English dictionary

The definition of cavilling in the dictionary is carping.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAVILLING


billing
ˈbɪlɪŋ
boiling
ˈbɔɪlɪŋ
chilling
ˈtʃɪlɪŋ
drilling
ˈdrɪlɪŋ
failing
ˈfeɪlɪŋ
filing
ˈfaɪlɪŋ
filling
ˈfɪlɪŋ
fulfilling
fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ
grilling
ˈɡrɪlɪŋ
killing
ˈkɪlɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
milling
ˈmɪlɪŋ
paling
ˈpeɪlɪŋ
prevailing
prɪˈveɪlɪŋ
sailing
ˈseɪlɪŋ
shilling
ˈʃɪlɪŋ
smiling
ˈsmaɪlɪŋ
styling
ˈstaɪlɪŋ
thrilling
ˈθrɪlɪŋ
willing
ˈwɪlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAVILLING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAVILLING

bestselling
calling
compelling
controlling
direct selling
dwelling
falling
feeling
hot-selling
installing
modelling
polling
rolling
scrolling
selling
spelling
start the ball rolling
storytelling
swelling
telling
travelling

Synonyms and antonyms of cavilling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAVILLING»

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

Translation of «cavilling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAVILLING

Find out the translation of cavilling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cavilling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cavilling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cavilling
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cavilling
570 millions of speakers

English

cavilling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cavilling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cavilling
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

придирки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cavilling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রীড়ামূলক বৃত্তিতে ব্যাপৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chicanes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cavilion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cavilling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cavilling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cavilling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cavilling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cavilling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cavilling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cavilling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavilling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cavilling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

причіпки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cavilling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cavilling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cavilling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cavilling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cavilling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cavilling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVILLING»

The term «cavilling» is used very little and occupies the 163.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVILLING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAVILLING»

Discover the use of cavilling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cavilling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
His manner was cavilling ; and when an order was issued to him he showed a spirit of resistance to it, as it were, what I call cavilling, which is known in the service, and I have spoken to Mr. Pearce about it. On one occasion in my office I told ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1854
2
Organizational Choice
The cavilling resulted in a win for the younger and less experienced group, the older and more experienced being dispersed throughout the pit to single places and bargains. Despite this apparent setback, production increased and five cycles ...
E. L. Trist, G. W. Higgin, H. Murray, 2013
3
Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
An eternal and unchangeable cause producing a changeable and temporary effect." — Ralegh. " But, alas ! though the just grounds of my joy be steady, yet my weak disposition is subject to tariableness." — Bishop Hall. Captious. Cavilling.
‎1871
4
Teams, Markets and Systems: Business Innovation and ...
It has been mentioned that seniority, hence experience, could systematically privilege groups that were always able to obtain better seams. In order to re- introduce fairness in competition, a ritual procedure, called cavilling, was implemented ...
Claudio U. Ciborra, 1996
5
Bhagavad Gita:
Thosemen whoconstantly practise this teachingof mine, full of ùraddhá (faith) and without cavilling, they too areliberated from actions. Køúïa imparted the technique of right action, the essence of karma yoga, in the preceding verse. Those who ...
A. Parthasarathy, 2013
6
Managing Industrial Decline: The British Coal Industry ...
Cavilling had two advantages for the miners. First, it equalized the chances of working an "abnormal place" where the working of the coal posed exceptional difficulties and where, therefore, piecework earnings would be below average.
Michael Dintenfass, 1992
7
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
... unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not The Cavilling of the Pharisees; The Cavilling of the Pharisees Refuted.
Matthew Henry
8
An Answer in Defence of the Truth against the Apology of ...
The truth is therefore of this your cavilling, that Christ's words and institution is so flat against you, 'as you have no other shift to escape, but either, so to imminish and debase the weight of Christ's commandments, as they may appear but ...
Thomas Cooper, John Jewel, William Goode, 2005
9
Works on episcopacy
Now, who can doubt that Eusebius, who was a Bishop, held the same opinion as to the government of the Church, with all the writers of his age 1 What " contemptible cavilling" is it to set aside the testimony of Eusebius, because he does not ...
John Bowden, John Esten Cooke, Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, 1831
10
The Whetstone of Reproofe, Or a Reproving Censure of the ...
Declaring it by Discoverie of the Authors Fraudulent Proceeding, and Captious Cavilling, to be a Miere By-way Drawing Pore Travellers Out of the Royall and Common Streete, and Leading Them Deceitfully in to a Path of Perdition : With a  ...
T. T, 1632

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAVILLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cavilling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Eric Abetz's same-sex marriage attack may betray the fear of a …
Regardless of Senator Abetz's cavilling, people's minds are occupied by marriage equality, as is evidenced by the growing number of MPs ... «WA today, Jul 15»
2
Bill O'Chee: Labor's union push limits freedom of association
His anti-unionism is well known and now he prosecutes his views by cavilling at a practical solution to the union demarcation issue which has ... «Brisbane Times, May 15»
3
Dour McDonnell's more of a liability than he is a leader
... a successful MP anywhere in the UK; 75% of the constituency voted against him - when he started cavilling about the slowness of the count. «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
4
The four deans: partisanship, not journalism
The deans' criticism of the use of the word “miracle” is what is called cavilling, and (as I hope to show) cavilling of the partisan kind. «Inquirer.net, May 15»
5
Authorities explore Belvedere kingpin Cosgrove links CWM FX
As we already know, and most especially in sports sponsorship, money talks loudly enough to drown out any kind of duly-diligent cavilling. «BizNews, May 15»
6
Unmoved by Peshawar massacre, Pakistan frees 26/11 mastermind
True, it is not for India to bring a Pakistani citizen to justice; nor is any purpose served by cavilling against the Pakistani judiciary's pro-jihadi ... «Mid-Day, Apr 15»
7
The lord giveth to Fred Nile, but he taketh away from other CDP …
The 80-year-old grandfather of the house may offer some cavilling criticism of the power sell-off, but he won't block it. A greatly relieved ... «Crikey, Apr 15»
8
The opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative …
... as Xi when downing 'tigers', and faced down Confucian censure, while Xi has served notice that cavilling intellectuals will get short shrift. «The Australian, Mar 15»
9
Seán Moran: Colleges' failure to clarify eligibility issue puts fine …
... in-competition challenges have to come to an end if the Fitzgibbon and Sigerson are to maintain what despite the cavilling has been a valued ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»
10
ALEX BRUMMER: HSBC suffers its Libor moment after Swiss tax …
It is a precious win and Stephen Timms, Ed Miliband and co do themselves no credit by cavilling. Oil for soil. Is the age of the oil majors ending? «This is Money, Feb 15»

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