ALL meanings of caviler
cav·il
C c - noun caviler a person who cavils 3
- verb without object caviler to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. 1
- verb with object caviler to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. 1
- noun caviler a trivial and annoying objection. 1
- noun caviler the raising of such objections. 1
- noun caviler A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker. 1