Synonyms for carping
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kahr-ping |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr pɪŋ |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for carping
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