Antonyms for carpings
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kahr-ping |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr pɪŋ |
Definition of carpings
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.
- As in criticism : noun verbal disapproval
- As in hairsplitting : noun nitpicking
- In the like manner it falleth out with jars and carpings of friends, which, begun in a moment, are ended in a moment.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 » by Henry Hallam
Synonyms for carpings
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bad press
- bickering
- blast
- brickbats
- Bronx cheer
- call down
- carping
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- critical remarks
- cut
- denunciation
- disparagement
- faultfinding
- flak
- hit
- knock
- nit-picking
- objection
- opprobrium
- pan
- panning
- perfectionism
- pettiness
- put down
- quibble
- quibbling
- rap on knuckles
- reproof
- roast
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- sophistry
- static
- stricture
- swipe
- vitriol
- zapper
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