carping

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of carp
2. adjective complaining excessively.
3. noun Excessive complaining.

Similar words

caviling quibbling pettifogging faultfinding critical nitpicking overcritical hypercritical overcaptious overparticular

Often followed by

criticism and at critics about critic of spirit criticisms

Word family

carpingly