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adjective
1.
characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous: carping criticism.
noun
2.
petty faultfinding.
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Carping
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Example Sentences
- No doubt it's dreary for colleagues to hear me carping on the same grammatical mistakes over and over.
- Local carping might not matter, but it chimes with national grumbles.
- But that is carping over what is essentially a trifling matter.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
noun
2.
a peevish complaint.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English carpen to speak, prate < Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle
1200–50; Middle English carpen to speak, prate < Old Norse karpa to brag, wrangle
Related forms
carp·er, noun
Synonyms
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
1. criticize, deprecate, condemn, censure.
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Word Origin & History
carp
"complain," c.1240, from O.N. karpa "to brag," of unknown origin; meaning turned toward "find fault," probably by infl. of L. carpere "to slander, revile," lit. "to pluck" (see harvest).
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