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Synonyms for cavil

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for cavil

to raise unnecessary or trivial objections

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Synonyms for cavil

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

raise trivial objections

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Cavil, who also writes about athletics at HBCUs in The Athletic Experience, suggests that the mission statements of the institutions should be considered in the NCAA revenue distribution construct.
We also cavil at the cost of Kirklees employing people to enforce the laws and rules but expect a pristine countryside.
FluoriGard[TM] technology is an optimized fluoride delivery system that produces a temporary shift in pH, a condition that favors remineralization and fluoride uptake in the oral cavil, Colgate says.
Andy Cavil, project manager for BAM Construction, which built the hospital, said: "I don't think you can build anything more socially rewarding than a hospital - one of this size and nature is fairly rare in Wales.
My only cavil is that this 2010 recording, mainly made in Edinburgh's Usher Hall, is aggressively bright in its engineering, resulting in a hard-edged quality to the sound.
The mood was so obviously upbeat and a cross-section of residents who spoke to Khaleej Times in the late evening voiced three common sentiments that no one can cavil with.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN (Cert 15, 107 mins) HUMANITY'S arrogance and a reliance on technology sow the seeds of its downfall in this two-hour-long feature made for the Sci Fi Channel, told from the perspective of humanoid Cylon John Cavil (Dean Stockwell), who is plotting a devastating attack on the human race.
The Prius has been the world's first big-selling hybrid car, and if some of the automotive purists cavil that it's not that much more environmentally friendly than a standard vehicle, they can at least give Toyota credit for kick-starting the sector.
For a decade, they have been to free to criticise and cavil from the opposition benches.
No preview DVDs were available at the time of going to press, but the final battle will rage as Adama's small army attempts to rescue Hera from Cavil and the Cylons.
A small cavil about one poem in each of these fine collections.
The cavil to be put forward here, that the work's waggish appeal overshadows its intelligence, is one that dogs much of Muniz's output.
This book is a fitting (if overly reverential) testament to the struggle of two tenacious but talented practitioners whose significant legacy has been overlooked for too such a My principal cavil is that in presenting such a sepia-tinted retrospective, it glosses over the perilous current condition of so many surviving GKC buildings.
"We have already seen a huge demand," said Olivier Cavil, head of communications at Perrier-Jouet.