Cavil (Verb)
Meaning
Raise trivial objections.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She began to cavil about the wording of the contract, claiming a single misplaced comma would render the agreement invalid.
- Their lawyer tried to cavil about the jurisdiction of the court, but ultimately failed to convince the judge.
- His tendency to cavil over minor details was wearing thin on his coworkers, who just wanted to get the project done.
- They started to cavil about every little thing, from the font on the presentation to the type of paper it was printed on.
- Instead of addressing the main concerns, he spent most of the meeting trying to cavil about the methodology used in the study.