Summary
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- cavil:
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Wiktionary:
- cavil → chicaneren
- cavil → donderjagen, emmeren, kankeren, katten, preutelen, pezeweven, mopperen, meieren, zaniken, pruttelen, zemelen, zeiken, zeuren, bedillen, haarkloven, het lastig maken, muggeziften, vitten
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Detailed Translations for caviling from English to Dutch
caviling:
Synonyms for "caviling":
cavil:
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cavil (carp)
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cavil (carp; find fault with)
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cavil (carp; nitpick; find fault; find fault with)
Translation Matrix for cavil:
| Noun | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| - | quibble; quiddity | |
| Verb | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| bedillen | carp; cavil; find fault; find fault with; nitpick | |
| betuttelen | carp; cavil | |
| vitten | carp; cavil; find fault with | |
| - | carp; chicane |
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Wiktionary Translations for cavil:
cavil
Cross Translation:
verb
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to criticise for petty or frivolous reasons
- cavil → chicaneren
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
|---|---|---|
| • cavil | → donderjagen; emmeren; kankeren; katten; preutelen; pezeweven; mopperen; meieren; zaniken; pruttelen; zemelen; zeiken; zeuren | ↔ nörgeln — penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern |
| • cavil | → bedillen; haarkloven; het lastig maken; muggeziften; vitten | ↔ chicaner — user de chicane. |