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cavils
verb
(cav-il)
raise trivial objections
Synonyms:
carp
,
chicane
,
cavils
noun
(cav-il)
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Synonyms:
quibble
,
quiddity
,
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carp
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chicane
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quibbles
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carps
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infelicities
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felicities
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facetiousness
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prolixity
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wordiness
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slightness
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cloy
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sarcasms
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ponderousness
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commonplaces
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crudities
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staginess
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tendentiousness
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unoriginality
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archaisms
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flintiness
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incredulousness
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dilettantism
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poeticism
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didacticism
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attitudinizing
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bookishness
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expostulation
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archness
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clownishness
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gaucherie
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weightiness
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insubstantiality
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indirectness
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nabokovian
,
digressions
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glibness
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wishfulness
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windiness
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cantankerousness
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conceits
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wryness
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ruefulness
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blitheness
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artlessness
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triteness
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woodenness
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pompousness
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knowingness
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pithiness
,
tautologies
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inarticulateness
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plainness
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impassivity
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pensiveness
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melodramatics
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jaggedness
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pedantry
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lugubriousness
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irrepressibility
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contrariness
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blatancy
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rhapsodies
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muddiness
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encomia
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sunniness
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charlatanry
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incoherency
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quiddity
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recitatives
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overfamiliarity
,
hyperboles
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affectations
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ungainliness
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crotchets
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dubiousness
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showiness
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boneheadedness
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irascibility
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daftness
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doubleness
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jadedness
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inoffensiveness
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sophistries
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delightfulness
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shavian
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highbrows
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fustiness
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mushiness
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dissonances
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brassiness
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hackwork
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sentimentalism
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inscrutability
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apercus
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daintiness
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metaphysicians
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grandiloquence
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disingenuity
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weepiness
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imperfections
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cavils
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