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Meanings of carping in English

Spanish
crítica maliciosa

Persistent petty and unjustified criticism.

crítica maliciosa

Quibbling.

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Examples for "faultfinding"
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Gordon broke in irritably: My dear Gloria, spare me this painful faultfinding.
The Iron Trail
2
Indiscriminating irony and faultfinding are just sumphishness, and that is all.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2
3
Not faultfinding, but a somewhat irritating concern for his comfort was in the complaint.
Different Girls
4
She was like the Fidel Castro of complainers-shespouted a never-endingstream of faultfinding.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
5
And to judge by the everlasting faultfinding, nobody is ever satisfied by what is accomplished.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
Usage of carping in English
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In the Presidential debate Carter came across as carping, pinched and humorless.
The new yorker
2
No carping: glad to share the spotlight with the newspaper of record.
Wired
3
Priestley was a West Yorkshireman, built for a certain kind of carping.
The Guardian
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Their carping, quarrelsome attitude had taken all the pleasure from knowing them.
Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman
5
Shall we never have done with this carping at people who succeed?
A Little Journey in the World
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One class of people stands for carping criticism; the other, for constructive attempts.
The Canadian Commonwealth
7
Dieckmann seems aware that Eliza can seem a bit self-indulgent in her carping.
Reuters
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They are always in a critical, carping, superior frame of mind.
Stray Thoughts for Girls
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Any temporary relief from the carping tyranny of Brown was welcome.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866
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Though I am writing so carping a note, I admire the article thoroughly.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
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After carping at the chair umpire, he committed two unforced errors.
Reuters
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Hamid, I've had just about enough of your second-guessing and carping.
Earth strike: star carrier: book one
13
They all admitted, even the most carping, that Maria was pretty.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
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I do not want to be carping on him like an old fishwife.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
15
Forget the carping about a lack of trophies; Pochettino has done an extraordinary job.
The Guardian
16
They particularly don't want to hear Coalition MPs carping about Labor and the Greens.
News.com.au
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Translations for carping
Carping through the time
Carping across language varieties
United Kingdom
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