carping
noun
1 carping
Persistent petty and unjustified criticism.
synonym: faultfinding.
Roget 932:
disapprobation,
disapproval;
improbation†;
disesteem,
disvaluation†,
displacency†;
odium;
dislike
etc.
867.
dispraise,
discommendation†;
blame,
censure,
obloquy;
detraction
etc.
934;
disparagement,
depreciation;
denunciation;
condemnation
etc.
971;
ostracism;
black list.
animadversion,
reflection,
stricture,
objection,
exception,
criticism;
sardonic grin,
sardonic laugh;
sarcasm,
insinuation,
innuendo;
bad compliment,
poor compliment,
left-handed compliment.
satire;
sneer
etc.
(contempt)
930;
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
cavil,
carping,
censoriousness;
hypercriticism
etc.
(fastidiousness)
868.
reprehension,
remonstrance,
expostulation,
reproof,
reprobation,
admonition,
increpation†,
reproach;
rebuke,
reprimand,
castigation,
jobation†,
lecture,
curtain lecture,
blow up,
wigging,
dressing,
rating,
scolding,
trimming;
correction,
set down,
rap on the knuckles,
coup de bec [Fr.],
rebuff;
slap,
slap on the face;
home thrust,
hit;
frown,
scowl,
black look.
diatribe;
jeremiad,
jeremiade;
tirade,
philippic.
clamor,
outcry,
hue and cry;
hiss,
hissing;
sibilance,
sibilation,
catcall;
execration
etc.
908.
chiding,
upbraiding
etc.
v.;
exprobation†,
abuse,
vituperation,
invective,
objurgation,
contumely;
hard words,
cutting words,
bitter words.
evil-speaking;
bad language
etc.
908;
personality.
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Dutch: vitterij
Polish: krytykanctwo
adjective
Roget 932:
disapproving
etc.
v.;
scandalized.
disparaging,
condemnatory,
damnatory†,
denunciatory,
reproachful,
abusive,
objurgatory†,
clamorous,
vituperative;
defamatory
etc.
934.
satirical,
sarcastic,
sardonic,
cynical,
dry,
sharp,
cutting,
biting,
severe,
withering,
trenchant,
hard upon;
censorious,
critical,
captious,
carping,
hypercritical;
fastidious
etc.
868;
sparing of praise,
grudging praise.
disapproved,
chid
etc.
v.;
in bad odor,
blown upon,
unapproved;
unblest†;
at a discount,
exploded;
weighed in the balance and found wanting.
blameworthy,
reprehensible
etc.
(guilt)
947;
to blame,
worthy of blame;
answerable,
uncommendable,
exceptionable,
not to be thought of;
bad
etc.
649;
vicious
etc.
945.
unlamented,
unbewailed†,
unpitied†.
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Moby thesaurus: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, blameful, captious, captiousness, cavil, caviling, censorious, censoriousness, condemnatory, critical, criticism, cynical, damnatory, exception, faultfinding, flak, hairsplitting, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercritical, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, imputation, jawing, knock, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, objurgatory, obloquy, overcritical, overcriticalness, pestering, pettifogging, priggishness, quibble, quibbling, railing, rap, reflection, reproachful, reproachfulness, slam, stricture, swipe, taking exception, trichoschistic, trichoschistism, ultracritical, upbraiding ... show more.
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