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1 arvostella pikkumaisesti
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2 arvostelu
yks.nom. arvostelu; yks.gen. arvostelun; yks.part. arvostelua; yks.ill. arvosteluun; mon.gen. arvostelujen arvosteluiden arvosteluitten; mon.part. arvosteluja arvosteluita; mon.ill. arvosteluihincavil at (noun)censure (noun)criticism (noun)critique (noun)judgment (noun)marking (noun)review (noun)* * *• estimate• estimation• evaluation• grading• judgement• judging• judgment• review• denunciation• calculation• marking• assessment• analysis• censure• appreciation• critique• cavil at• comment• commentary• computation• conception• criticism -
3 moite
yks.nom. moite; yks.gen. moitteen; yks.part. moitetta; yks.ill. moitteeseen; mon.gen. moitteiden moitteitten; mon.part. moitteita; mon.ill. moitteisiin moitteihinanimadversion (noun)blame (noun)cavil at (noun)censure (noun)complaint (noun)contestation (noun)criticism (noun)protest (noun)rebuke (noun)reflection (noun)reproach (noun)reproof (noun)* * *• claim• protest• accuse• disapproval• offence• criticism• contestation• condemn• complaint• chide• charge• censure• cavil at• blame• admonish• accusation• rebuke• animadversion• reprimand• objection• reproach• reproof• reprove• reflection -
4 nälviä
yks.nom. nälviä; yks.gen. nälvin; yks.part. nälvi; yks.ill. nälvisi; mon.gen. nälviköön; mon.part. nälvinyt; mon.ill. nälvittiincarp (verb)cavil (verb)nibble (verb)pick (verb)rag (verb)* * *• ridicule• rag• pick• pick on• nibble• carp• taunt• mock• nag• cavil• jeer -
5 jurnuttaa
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6 nalkuttaa
• persist• nag• gnag• cavil at• abuse• carp• grumble
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Cavil — may refer to:* Brother Cavil, a fictional character from the re imagined Battlestar Galactica television series * Kwame Cavil (born 1979), Canadian Football League wide receiver … Wikipedia
Cavil — Cav il (k[a^]v [i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} or {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} or {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavil — Cav il, v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cavil — Cav il, n. A captious or frivolous objection. [1913 Webster] All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cavil — I verb attack, belittle, calumniari, carp, carpere, censure frivolously, complain frivolously, condemn, criticize frivolously, decry, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, disapprove, discredit, disparage frivolously, faultfind, find fault with … Law dictionary
cavil — 1540s, from M.Fr. caviller to mock, jest, from L. cavillari to satirize, argue scoffingly, from cavilla jest, jeering, related to calumnia (see CALUMNY (Cf. calumny)) … Etymology dictionary
cavil — ► VERB (cavilled, cavilling; US caviled, caviling) ▪ make petty objections. ► NOUN ▪ a petty objection. ORIGIN Latin cavillari, from cavilla mockery … English terms dictionary
cavil — [kav′əl] vi. caviled or cavilled, caviling or cavilling [OFr caviller < L cavillari < cavilla, jeering < * calvilla < calvari, to deceive; akin to calumnia, CALUMNY] to object when there is little reason to do so; resort to trivial… … English World dictionary
Cavil — Numéro Un Numéro Un Personnage de Battlestar Galactica Alias Frère Cavil Origine monde cylon … Wikipédia en Français
cavil — cav|il [ˈkævəl] v past tense and past participle cavilled present participle cavilling BrE past tense and past participle caviled present participle caviling AmE [i]formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: cavillari to … Dictionary of contemporary English
cavil — [[t]kæ̱v(ə)l[/t]] cavils, cavilling, cavilled VERB: no passive (disapproval) If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary. [FORMAL] Since the government has… … English dictionary
