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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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