Persistent petty and unjustified criticism.
1 In the Presidential debate Carter came across as carping , pinched and humorless.
2 No carping : glad to share the spotlight with the newspaper of record.
3 Priestley was a West Yorkshireman, built for a certain kind of carping .
4 Their carping , quarrelsome attitude had taken all the pleasure from knowing them.
5 Shall we never have done with this carping at people who succeed?
6 One class of people stands for carping criticism; the other, for constructive attempts.
7 Dieckmann seems aware that Eliza can seem a bit self-indulgent in her carping .
8 They are always in a critical, carping , superior frame of mind.
9 Any temporary relief from the carping tyranny of Brown was welcome.
10 Though I am writing so carping a note, I admire the article thoroughly.
11 After carping at the chair umpire, he committed two unforced errors.
12 Hamid, I've had just about enough of your second-guessing and carping .
13 They all admitted, even the most carping , that Maria was pretty.
14 I do not want to be carping on him like an old fishwife.
15 Forget the carping about a lack of trophies; Pochettino has done an extraordinary job.
16 They particularly don't want to hear Coalition MPs carping about Labor and the Greens.
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