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caviller

/ˈkæv.ɪ.lər/

Traduction: Personne qui soulève des objections triviales ou agaçantes, faisant souvent preuve de mesquinerie dans ses critiques ou ses remarques pointilleuses.

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noun

/ˈkæv.ɪ.lər/C2formal
  • frPersonne qui soulève des objections triviales ou agaçantes, faisant souvent preuve de mesquinerie dans ses critiques ou ses remarques pointilleuses.

A noun referring to a person who raises trivial or annoying objections, often engaging in petty quibbling or unnecessary criticism.

  1. Petty ObjectorC2formal

    A person who raises trivial or unnecessary objections, often in a quarrelsome or nitpicking manner.

    frergoteur

    • The committee meeting was delayed by a caviller who questioned every minor detail.
    • He is known as a caviller, always finding fault with perfectly good proposals.
    • Don't be a caviller; accept the plan and move forward.

    Synonymescarperfaultfinderhairsplitternitpickerpettifoggerquibbler

    Antonymesagreeableapproverassenterconformist

Formes
  • cavillers plural form
  • cavillers' possessive plural form
  • caviller's possessive singular form
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