Clues for the word "CAVIL"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 114 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on October 10, 2025.
Definition of cavil
- v. i. - To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
- v. t. - To cavil at.
- n. - A captious or frivolous objection.
Referring Clues
- Carp
- Quibble
- Trivial objection
- Object trivially
- Be nitpicky
- Find fault with unnecessarily
- Nitpick
- Criticize
- Be petty
- Split hairs
- Find fault
- Petty objection
- Trivial complaint
- Be a nitpicker
- Raise trivial objections
- Nag, nag, nag
- Nag, nag, nag
- Make trivial objections
- Raise petty objections
- Engage in quibbling
- Trivial pursuit
- Kvetch
- Be a carper
- Complain pettily
- Nit-pick
- Complain when Calvin embraces Violet
- Quibble about Calvin embracing Violet
- Quibble about Smith's pointless block
- Nitpick incessantly
- Act the nitpicker
- Raise objections in numbers about midday
- Verb from the Latin for "quibble"
- Quibble about some clavier composition
- Criticise Calvin embracing Violet
- Mere nit-picking, it gets Calvin no end upset!
- Complain
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - October 10, 2025
- LA Times - September 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 02, 2025
- Daily American - August 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 29, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 17, 2025
- Daily American - October 28, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 03, 2023
- Daily American - August 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 27, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 26, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 23, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 12, 2023
- Daily American - October 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - September 21, 2022
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - January 28, 2018
- Evening Standard Quick - December 27, 2017
- New York Times - November 07, 2017
- LA Times - November 05, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 27, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - October 10, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2017
- And in 84 more crossword puzzles...