Antonyms for carping

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kahr-ping

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr pɪŋ

Definition of carping

Origin : type of freshwater fish, late 14c., from Old French carpe "carp" (13c.) and directly from Vulgar Latin carpa (source also of Italian carpa, Spanish carpa), from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch carpe, Dutch karper, Old High German karpfo, German Karpfen "carp"); possibly the immediate source is Gothic *karpa. A Danube fish (hence the proposed East Germanic origin of its name), introduced in English ponds 14c. Lithuanian karpis, Russian karp are Germanic loan words.

adj complaining

Example sentences :

The most carping could have found no flaw in the quiet taste of his attire.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Any temporary relief from the carping tyranny of Brown was welcome.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Though I am writing so carping a note, I admire the article thoroughly.
Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin

However, the most carping critic could have found no fault with Edith's manner.
Extract from : « Master of the Vineyard » by Myrtle Reed

You can hear the carping critic at any time that you may wish!
Extract from : « Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea » by Charles H. L. Johnston

I could have been a good woman and a good daughter, but for your carping, sneering insults.
Extract from : « The Scarlet Feather » by Houghton Townley

Shall we never have done with this carping at people who succeed?
Extract from : « A Little Journey in the World » by Charles Dudley Warner

“To-morrow never is, it always will be,” corrected the carping critic.
Extract from : « Beatrice Leigh at College » by Julia Augusta Schwartz

Not when I see you surrounded by an atmosphere of carping criticism?
Extract from : « The Dull Miss Archinard » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

His love of carping always comes to me like a slap on the face!
Extract from : « A Bottle in the Smoke » by Milne Rae

Synonyms for carping

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