Carping
1Carping — Carp ing (k[aum]rp [i^]ng), a. Fault finding; censorious caviling. See {Captious}. {Carp ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] || …
2carping — index critical (faultfinding), criticism, denunciation, diatribe, fractious, petulant, querulous …
3carping — adj caviling, faultfinding, captious, *critical, hypercritical, censorious Analogous words: blaming, reprehending, reprobating, criticizing (see CRITICIZE): upbraiding, jawing, railing (see SCOLD): depreciating or depreciative, disparaging,… …
4carping — [adj] complaining bellyaching*, caviling, censorious, critical, criticizing, deprecatory, disparaging, fault finding, griping, grouchy, grousing, grumbling, hypercritical, kvetching*, moaning, nagging, niggling, nit picking*, overcritical,… …
5carping — [kärp′iŋ] adj. tending to carp, or find fault; captious SYN. CRITICAL carpingly adv …
6Carping — Carp Carp (k[aum]rp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped} (k[aum]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to… …
7carping — 1. adjective Pertaining to excessive complaining. 1847 Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided and approved me, I turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked. I mean the timorous or… …
8carping — carpingly, adv. /kahr ping/, adj. 1. characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous: carping criticism. n. 2. petty faultfinding. [1275 1325; ME (n.); see CARP1, ING2, ING1] * * * …
9carping — adjective Date: 1567 marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism Synonyms: see critical • carpingly adverb …
10Carping — Flussangler auf einer Buhne Unter Angeln versteht man die Ausübung der Fischerei mit einer Handangel. Die Angel besteht im einfachsten Fall nur aus Angelschnur, Haken und Köder, im Allgemeinen jedoch noch aus der Angelrute, der Angelrolle zum… …
