carper Definition

carp²
verb

intr
carped, carping
1. To complain, find fault or criticize, especially unnecessarily.

Thesaurus: complain, criticize, reproach,cavil, fault, censure, quibble, nag, scold; Antonym: praise.
Form: carp at someone (often)
Form: carp at something

Derivative: carper
noun

Derivative: carping
adj, noun

Derivative: carpingly
adverb

Etymology: 16c in this sense; 13c in obsolete sense ‘to speak': from Norse karpa to boast or dispute.

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