Word Study
caviling (root: cavil)
CIDE DICTIONARY
caviling, a.
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. [1913 Webster]
"His depreciatory and caviling criticism." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
caviling
captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding, exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, overcritical, perverse, petty, picky, smallFor further exploring for "caviling" in Webster Dictionary Online