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carping
Meaning: constantly finding fault over minor matters
carping in a sentence
How carping is used in real sentences:
The committee grew weary of his carping remarks about trivial formatting errors.
The coach ignored the carping comments coming from a few spectators.
“Her carping marginal notes also attacked tiny matters of punctuation and capitalization, irritating Venn more than her central objection did.”
— from the passage An Opera by Post
Synonyms for carping
Other words for carping — faultfinding, critical and quibbling — carry the same meaning.
- faultfinding
- critical
- quibbling
Antonyms of carping
Words that mean the opposite of carping:
- complimentary
- approving
- tolerant
Where it comes from
From Old Norse karpa, meaning 'to boast or wrangle.'
Memory hook
CARPING sounds like CARP: a carping person keeps complaining.