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21carp — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)p[/t]] carps, carping, carped (carp can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1.) 1) N VAR A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers. 2) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is carping, you mean that they keep …
22critical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exacting, captious, censorious, faultfinding, disparaging; judicious, accurate, analytical; decisive; urgent, crucial; dangerous, risky. See disapprobation, importance, detraction. II (Roget s IV)… …
23critical — 1 Critical, hypercritical, faultfinding, captious, caviling, carping, censorious are comparable when they mean exhibiting the spirit of one who detects and points out faults or defects. Critical, when applied to persons who judge and to their… …
24critical — adjective Date: 1547 1. a. of, relating to, or being a turning point or specially important juncture < a critical phase >: as (1) relating to or being the stage of a disease at which an abrupt change for better or worse may be expected; also… …
25captious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. caviling, carping, hairsplitting, faultfinding, hypercritical. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Critical] Syn. faultfinding, carping, caviling; see critical 2 , sarcastic , severe 1 .… …
26faultfinding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. captious, carping, caviling, critical, censorious. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. censorious, captious, carping; see critical 2 . See Synonym Study at critical . III (Roget s 3… …
27carp — I. /kap / (say kahp) verb (i) to find fault; cavil; complain unreasonably: *But Mamma said it was only high spirits, and you couldn t be always carping at children –henry handel richardson, 1929. {Middle English carpe(n), probably from Old Norse… …
28Carp — (k[aum]rp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped} (k[aum]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle.… …
29Carped — Carp Carp (k[aum]rp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped} (k[aum]rpt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to… …
30Edward Hake — (fl. 1579), English satirist, was educated under John Hopkins, the part author of the metrical version of the Psalms.He dwelt at Gray s Inn and Barnard s Inn, London. In the address To the Gentle Reader prefixed to his Newes out of Powles… …
