Synonyms for carping
- adjective
- noun
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Adjective
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
complaining excessively.
- n. 1
Excessive complaining.
Forms
- Plural
- carpings → cavils, hypercriticisms…
Example sentences
- cynical You don't seem to be as cynical as Tom seems to be.
- censorious Censorious people delight in casting blame.
- peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.
- hypercritical His hypercritical attitude annoys me a lot.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| carping | falling | |
| cynical | rising | |
| censorious | rising | |
| peevish | rising | |
| hypercritical | falling | |
| captious | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- cavil
- 7 letters
- cynical3, peevish2
- 8 letters
- critical3, captious
- 10 letters
- censorious
- 13 letters
- hypercritical5
- 14 letters
- hypercriticism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cynical3 = 3 syllables).